An Outstanding Cinematic Masterpiece!

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 2000)

CITIZEN KANE is the fascinating story of a man who becomes the most powerful man in the world. He doesn't run a Government or an Army. He is a media mogul. And he truly runs the world. The films opening is a close-up on a NO TRESPASSING sign, and that's the closing shot. KANE opens with a mesmorizing sequence in which the title character dies, muttering only one word. The rest of the story is told in quasi-flashback. A man wants to find out what Kane meant by his dying words. So he interviews various people close to Kane and more of the man is unveiled. (Impossibly Samll Spoiler!)He started out as an idealist and was corrupted (Spoiler Ends.). Orson Welles plays the title character and plays him wonderfully. Another actor who show up here are Joseph Cotton. There are many others (Especially Kane's Mistress.) who are splendid, but unfortunately I can't recall their names. The cinematography is marvelous. There is not plot whatsoever. It's simply the sutdy of one man. And a great film.