Technically great, but just an academic study

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2001)

I have no doubt this film remains an ethalon as the artistic form and technicalities are concerned. However, the idea or message of "Citizen Kane" did not convince me. It is an amazing study on the issue of "unhappy most powerful man". But it hardly is more than a study. I did my best to understand this classic, but still I found the story quite superficial, calculated and cold - too academic in one word. There was no point of the film, where I could really identify myself with the heroes. Maybe the young age of the director was the reason, why he could not get deeper. In my view, it is always a bit "cheap" to demonstrate ideas on lottery winner, millionaires or press moguls. I appreciate more, if values and wisdom are shown in lives of rather normal people, who have to defend their dignity and happiness without having the power of huge cash and media behind them.