CFK (rental)

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2018)

It looks like Oliver Stone JFK and for me there are real parrallels between the two authors: the beginning of Citizen with his new reels was surely an edit never seen in movies before that: it's dynamic, informative and really cool. Then, the two are really into America and its untold story and deconstructing thee myth of the american dream: they focus on the wealthy and for sure their results is not the sweet tale told by medias! At last, they have a documentary and historical value because we really know better this country: Here, with CFK, we have a amazing look of the famous tycoons between 1871 and 1940 so the time when they were nearly lawless and they amass an incredible wealth without any limits!
But Welles leaves Stone behind because Welles is also highly skilled in drama: Kane private life as an husband is amazingly told: the outstanding Xanadu mansion/castle is used like a Disney animation and really enhances the tension and the visual: it's dark, gothic almost like a Bruce Wayne without the heroics! This slow, nearly total fall of the richest man in America is thus a moving lesson that money can't buy the essential!