Towers above any film

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 1999)

Much has been written about Citizen kane... greatest movie ever made, classic Etc, Etc. Nothing could come close to describe this Masterpiece. As a life long film fan, I had heard of it,but had never seen it.I finally saw it in 1990 at a theater and was truly amazed. What a twenty five year old kane did was truly monumental, If not for anything else, visually he advanced film 40 years in one stroke. no other film of it's day can compare to it's cinematic genuis. his use of deep focus, lighting and incredible editing is truly groundbreaking. the film is a study in filmmaking from a guy who had never made a film before. Welles film was to much for the audiences of his day. I frankly don't think the audiences of his day was sophisticated enough to understand what they were seeing. And of course the behind attempts by Wiliam Randolph Hearst to destroy the film are well documented. I grew up admiring a lot of film makers use of the camera, after seeing Kane I realized he used it first to create images unlike any before. In my opinion kane will alway's be the greatest film ever made because it took film to a place it had never been. Filmmakers are still trying to catch up.