Orson Welles Made A Film Transcendent Of Space And Time!

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2017)

Citizen Kane has been constantly referred to as one of the greatest films ever made: from lists compiling critics and filmmakers around the world like the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound Magazine, Empire Magazine, TIME Magazine, the American Film Institute's Top 100 Movies, Ebert's Great Movies list and so many more lists that I can't list right off the top of my head. All you need to know is this: EVERYONE who has some association with film has seen Citizen Kane at least once. It's become the go-to example for comparing other movies against. And for good reason; Orson Welles constructed a classic that has survived its controversial blocking from William Randolph Hearst. And thank goodness the film survived that spineless-snake's shameless campaign to destroy the film outright. 'Fuck those' who dare destroy art that tells the audience a truth they NEED to see and hear: some men with a God-complex can leave words full of mystery, like 'Rosebud'.
Citizen Kane is a film of mystery, tragedy of a man who had it all, and ultimately leaves the world wondering what the hell his dying word meant. 76 years since its initial release and Citizen Kane is still perfectly watchable and essential film history for anyone and everyone who claims to be a lover of cinema.
IF you haven't seen Citizen Kane and claim to be a cine-buff then you haven't lived a full movie life quite yet; but you're already more than halfway there. 5/5 stars