The loss of innocence

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 2019)

Citizen Kane is one of a kind. Remarked as one of the most technically groundbreaking film's of it's century, it's simple to see the magic of the camera in this film. Contrast, cinematography and setting establish this film as extraordinary.
Yet the story is something worth watching the film for. It's a relatively simple plot, but subtlely it implies so much more. Here we have Kane the most powerful and richest man in his time, but the film picks him apart as alone and eccentric. The secret "Rosebud" establishes his only treasured memory despite his riches to be his old sled. Displaying that the one thing he longs for and cannot get is his childhood naivety. It's deeper and sadder than I feel people understand. While it struck a chord with me, I can see how this film might be polarizing given it's time.
Although, I feel the movie is worth watching to understand one man's ambition and experimentation with his craft to produce one of the best shot film in it's time.