Great for different reasons

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 2003)

Many times people just look at the plot of movies to determine if a movie is "great" or "classic". I will admit, Citizen Kane was not the most exciting movie, nor was its plot fascinating to say the least, but there are other things that makes this movie one of the most influential in history of films. Orson Wells is an innovative director. He took "Cinematography" (the shots used to make a movie) to a whole different level. Before Citizen Kane, movies had the generic still shots and other bland camera angles. Wells used close-ups, various camera angles, and he even cut a hole in a floor to get a shot of Kane that looked up at him (most likely to make him look bigger and more powerful). So, maybe the next time you go see a movie, you can look at the Cinematography and how directors influence how you see things in a movie, and then you can appreciate what Wells did for Cinema.