A Masterwork of Directing, Writing, Editing, and Cinematography

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2014)

I cannot find adjectives that describe the film in a proper tremendous way. Some of the best directing, cinematography, and editing of all-time, Welles' imagination is the force that makes Citizen Kane fly over any other inferior picture when it often takes the crown as the greatest film ever made. This is the way movies should be made. The filmmaking of 1941 is unmatched and my guess will continue to be. Welles is a genius and his mise-en-scene could be studied for years. Citizen Kane is smarter than most of the audience members who've seen it since the release.
The journalistic side of Citizen Kane is also something that makes it shine as something special, the film feels like (and quite literally is) a reporter researching a story on Kane, each person he interviews is like a different paragraph in the news story. The profound message revealed in the closing 60 seconds is brilliant, true, and simple, that we never know the whole story to a person, personal complexes are the ultimate form of privacy and mystery.
Orson Welles had to have been bitten by a hyperactive insect in order to successfully put himself in the central role of lead actor, director, and writer. Though solid in the acting department, his masterwork in the other departments are monumental. He must have envisioned the film as he penned each scene. His direction is electrified with bouncing energy while telling the tricky story, allowing the audience to find sympathy with Kane as a character.
Grade: A+
Rating: 10.5