Legend of Kane lives on after almost over 60 years.......

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2006)

Everything said about this ambitious and powerfully crafted Mastwork was true,and I mean every single thing.
A fascinating human drama,character study and visual exploitations.Every shot here has a meaning and not a frame is wasted.From it's dialogues to it's directing and even the terrific performance by Welles is well examined and rightfully given the Honor of the most profoundly and finely made movie in America and perhaps the greatest in the worldwide cinema.
It begins off with a brief biography about the rise and fall of Charles Foster Kane.A newspaper mogul who have had fair amount of success and failure. Then we see a bunch of reporters trying desperately to find out the meaning of the last word spoken by Kane,"ROSEBUD".So they interview one person after another who has worked or have know Kane.So as they interview them , his life is told in flashbacks,about how he became who he were and how he fell from grace.
Kane was separated from his parents at a very young age,taking away the love of his mother.He is taken by a financier who becomes Kane's guardian.As Kane's hatred for his guardian grows ,he refuses almost everything he asks from Kane.So instead being the heir to his guardian Gold business,he instead decides to run newspaper,sounds fun for him.
As his newspaper business becomes successful Kane has only one thing in his mind,that is to help the underprivileged.He spends all his young life to help the poor by insulting the rich through his newspaper.
As years past by,he finds himself having everything but love.The love from his wives was never a true love,and the only friends he had were his partners.He was missing the love from his mother,that love made him a lonely man.Despite having everything he had nothing.He wanted everyone to love him,he did everything for the poor so that they could love him back.Instead they hated him in the end,after failing to be elected and keeping false promises. Kane builds a massive mansion for himself which he never completed,just like everything in his life.It was never complete.As he dies in his big mansion with the words ROSEBUD,which no one had a clue what it meant ,from the most influential newspaper chain owner.
This film clearly was film way beyond its time.While in the late 30's,people use the same techniques to make a film,Welles broke new grounds.He gave a revolutionary and influential film-making technique that was followed years to come.
A flawless ,pitch perfect film,where there's hardly a sign of flaw.
Its dialogues,acting,editing,directing,especially its cinematography and even its music,the film is perfection.And aided by the terrific performance by Welles himself in the title role ,it's no surprise why this film was hailed as America's most accomplished works. Its unique camera work and fascinating angles really impressed me,people lurking in shadows,with their emotions mostly hidden in the dark etc.You only see Kane crying while everyone else seem to have been sentimental for him,as if there was no one in the world for him.
A man in his mid 20's makes his debut in such an accomplished way,directing,co-writing and even acting in the title role,he really have achieved something with this.Pulling fine performances from the newcomers.He took courage to make something new.A character study.
Though Welles,never even came close to have one of his films to be as successful as this one as a director,he still remains a master filmmaker.How many débutantes can hit the spot with their very first film ,especially when you're in your early 20's and the film is America's best film.It's hard to explain a film with such formidable qualities.
Not my personal favourite,but it's on my top ten all time favourite list.