Citizen Kane

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2010)

Will Rabagliati Citizen Kane is truly one of the greatest films ever made.
Yes the story isn't that original. Yes some of the acting leaves something to be desired. There are points in the film when you wish it would hurry up and get to the point, some of the scenes can be overly long winded. I also found some of the dialogue slightly lacking,
Negatives aside though, Kane is possibly the best example of cinematography in existence. The brilliance and talent of Welles as a director is apparent in every shot of the film. One particular scene which stands out for me is the Breakfast scene which shows the progressing and the disentergration of Kane's first marriage. The shooting of that particular scene is brilliant, provoking and incredibly effective, it says a lot for the film that such a simple trick is so well used.
The ending of the film is also great, in a way it shows a human side to the monster that was Kane, it's Orson Welles's way of adding both a clever and a thought provoking end to the film.