the quest for power

Rating: Null/10 (8 February 2000)

A film belonging to the few that are deemed as masterpieces of the world cinema.Orson Welles at 25 directed this clever movie inspired from the life of multimillionaire publisher Hearst in the role of Kane.A film that was pursued to be destroyed but finally saved.New cinematography and sound techniques are utilised in this movie.The life and works of a very rich publisher controlling the media,his effort to become a political figure,his quarrels with his two spouses,his traumatic experience when he was a kid,his friendship with Leland and the search by a reporter about the meaning of the word 'rosebud'.