The Greatest Artistic Achievement of the Century

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 1999)

If you never heard of "Citizen Kane", you know nothing about motion picture history. If you didn't like "Citizen Kane", you know nothing about art. This is one of the very few moments in the history of art that a man reached the status of an unreachable genius. The camera movements, the screenplay, the soundtrack, the editing, the characters and the cinematography can never be described by words, only by the heavenly experience of watching the film. The young Orson Welles presents, on every aspect of his masterpiece, maturity and intelligence, combined with unforgettable performances of the whole cast and crew, specially Joseph Cotten. Even though "Citizen Kane" has harmed his further career, because of the low rentals, the RKO greed and William Randolph Hearst personal "vendetta", the next generations learn how to worship Orson Welles, and remark him as one of the genius of mankind. This is a film by a maverick, in a genious way that only a maverick can be, viewing the human soul not just good, neither just bad, like Hollywood and its current filmakers tend to view and show it today.