The greatest film ever made??

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 1999)

I recently viewed the film Citizen Kane in my Read-the-Movies course at school. I must admit that I had a difficult time staying alert during the duration of the film. I found the film, overall, to be awkward and much too lengthy. I did, however, appreciate the superb cinematography crafted by Orson Welles as well as the expertly woven web of themes that evolved. One theme that I identified throughout the film was LOVE. In the beginning of the film, Charles Foster Kane was a passionate newspaperman out to change the world. He showed a love of justice and honesty by promising his readers that his paper would report the news fully and responsibly. As the plot developed, this love became distorted and ugly. This distortion was also present in Kane's relationships with women. After divorcing his first wife, Kane married his second wife, Susan Alexander, but their love, too, was doomed. As their relationship digressed, Susan confronted Kane about his love of possessions and power over his love of people, as well as the fact that he wanted to be loved and possess other's love but was too selfish to give love to others. Although I found the film to be well crafted, I certainly would not rate it "the best film ever made."