Worthy of Number One

Rating: Null/10 (9 May 2000)

Orson Wells was a mastermind! Nothing less could be said of him. The screen play was amazing! It looked deep into the life of a multi-millionaire newspaper owner, Charles Foster Kane, after his death. The goal for a newsreel reporter was to find the meaning of Kane's dying words, "Rosebud." In his search he discovers many opinions of Mr. Kane and the life that he led. He finds that Kane was never satisfied and always wanted more. It was an attempt to gain the life he knew as a child. Citizen Kane is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made, and I must agree completely. The technical work that went into the film was ground-breaking. At one point in production, Wells couldn't get a low enough angle for the shot he wanted so he cut out the floor of the studio a 4:30 in the morning. Wells had to have everything perfect for this picture. He certainly did. Citizen Kane IS the greatest movie ever made.