DVD DOES JUSTICE TO "CITZEN KANE"!

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2001)

The wait is over! Orson Welles' masterpiece, CITIZEN KANE, has arrived on DVD in splendid form! It has never looked or sounded better then it does on this DVD. If shown on a High Definition TV, you will marvel at the beauty of this work. The sound has been left in "Mono" and not enhanced for stereo -- and it sounds like it must have when originally released. The "Extras" contained on this 2-Disc set are excellent: Disc Two contains the almost 2 hour documentary,THE BATTLE FOR CITIZEN KANE, which chronicles William Randolph Hearsts efforts to destroy Welles' film. It also gives you a marvelous understanding of how Welles came to create this unique film. The film features access to two audio commentaries, one by critic Roger Ebert and the other by director Peter Bogdanovich. (I've listened to the Ebert commentary and it is outstanding.) For any serious DVD collector this is a MUST HAVE TITLE!