An absolute masterpiece that surpassed its generation

Rating: Null/10 (23 February 2017)

Citizen Kane, the genius masterpiece of Orson Welles, is a piece of film that, despite the limited technology, technique or industry available to filmmakers in the early 1940s, still stands today as some of the best cinematography and writing in the history of film. With a thoroughly engaging plot, fantastic technique and ridiculously advanced cinematography for the time, this is one of the rare black and white films of the 1930s and 40s that still engages and captivates audiences today. It is a truly stunning mystery film, with an interesting structure and a unique, original story-line that remains as relevant as ever, 76 years after the film's release. Indeed, in my opinion, there will never quite be another film like Citizen Kane. Orson Welles is, and deserves to be, one of the most renowned pioneers of the film industry - and this is his greatest masterpiece. What a film.