The Greatest Film Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2018)

Finally!! And I can see now why it is considered one of the GREATEST movies of all time. The narrative structure (very rare at the time), the make-up, the cinematography and the editing are flawless and I suppose Orson Welles must have been seen as a very talented young man directing for the first time, writing, producing and starring in a movie just at the age of 25!... Following the death of newspaper tycoon, Charles Foster Kane, a reporter is assigned to decipher the mystery surrounding his dying word, "Rosebud". It is a very simple story but its themes, its innovation and its timelessness are incontrovertible. Welles' work had a huge impact on movies as we know them today and it should have won more than the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay after nine nominations, but I guess I will have to watch How Green Was My Valley before saying anything. 10/10