Losebud!

Rating: Null/10 (19 June 2003)

The word should have been "Losebud". I don't see what was so great about the film, though I enjoy anything made in black and white. Everything seems so pressed, forced and overdone. I had to watch it as a mockumentary in order to justify my time. I can see where some film makers have gotten ideas from over the decades. Watch dear viewer for these little nuances. Kane reminds me of Dr. Frasier Crane's character in Frasier.
Some interesting effects achieved, especially the scene when Susan Alexander Kane progressively rises to fame. The only thing that I would change is that all copies of the film should lose that stupid white bird that appears for a split-second as it adds confusion.
The story itself is enlightening in that it is before modern day Solomons. People who are globalising and conquering via private enterprise. Kane is a bit like an American Hitler. When you control the media, you control people's minds; you control the world, frightening, when I think of it. Another symbol is what happens to Susan Alexander Kane as a man-made star of that time. These themes are all typical of the things we are facing in our world today.
The overall lesson that I took from the film is to recognise the detachments of your youth and not live your life from the consequences of those detachments.