Great

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2003)

Citizen Kane is perhaps the most original movie ever made. This movie can be credited to only one man who stared in, produced, directed, and help write the screenplay for this movie. This mans name was Orson Wells who at the time was a nobody when it came to movies was only 25 when this movie came out his now famous and highly revered film (citizen Kane).
This movie was unique in many regards. One of the ways in which it was unique is in the angles in which it was filmed, wells used many different new angles to show emotion. Wells also employed numerous lighting techniques in his new film. Also (even though there was access to color film) Wells used black and white film. These decisions and the originality of the screen play lead to this movie huge success.
The reason the screenplay was so original is the way in which it used time and flashbacks. The movie is about the investigation of one mans life to try and find out what one word means ârosebudâ. The entire movie could be summed up in that one word. Though the characters in the story never find out what ârosebudâ is by the end the viewer is left with some understanding of what it means. The name of the man that the movie is focused on is Charles foster Kane. The story of his life is a some what idealistic one, a rags to riches story, but in return for his good fortune and wealth he looses every thing he ever loved even saying him self âif I hadnât been rich I may have been a great manâ when asked he thought he was he replied âI think I did alright under the circumstancesâ. These quotes speak wonders of Kane's personality it says that he doesnât think rightly of the person he has become. Kane also seems to lead a double life in part of this movie. One of these lives is as a multimillion heir the other is as the operator of a newspaper. This double life is shown when Kane directly says â as you may have noticed I am leading a double life one as the editor of this news paper and the other as the holder of the worlds six largest private fortune in the worldâ. He seems to be a man who has lost every thing he has ever had and everyone that is talked to points out this fact.
This movie gave a lot to the film industry and is credited as being the best movie of all time many people. And though the plot may be hard to follow in the end the viewer learns a valuable lesson. This reviewer would rate this movie a 10 out 10 a perfect example of what a film should be.