Citizen Reigns

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2008)

I had put this film off for far too long.
So two weeks ago I finally sat down and watched what the world has deemed the best motion picture of all time.
And to some degree, they're right.
"Citizen Kane" is arguably the most influential masterpiece created, and it's achieved such a high standing for numerous stellar attributes.
Direction, cinematography, acting, and story-telling is what drove this film, and not for an instant was I bored or looking at the digital clock on my window sill.
The film carries such dignity that it practically roars at it's viewer to pay attention.
Charles Foster Kane's story at it's most simple is a rags to riches tale where a desire to separate himself from the rest, the competition, would change his life and the society that he overwhelmed.
Kane. The journalist, the playboy, the tycoon, the politician. A movie about a man, his last words, and the world he ran.