Citizen Kane (1941)

8.1	Listal rating
8.6	IMDB rating

Release date : 1 May 1941

Drama (23), Classic (13), Mystery (10), 1940s (10), Journalism (8), 1941 (6), Black And White (5), Black & White (4), Usa (4), Ambition (4), Career (3), Mansion (3), Politics (3), Rosebud (3), Newsreel (3), Rags To Riches (3), Loneliness (3), Obsession (3), Imdb250 (3), Publisher (3)

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Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud". In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane; they tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane's life but not e ... (more)

Directed by

Orson Welles

Starring (View all) :

Jedediah Leland

Charles Foster Kane

Susan Alexander Kane

Mary Kane

Emily Monroe Norton Kane

James W. Gettys

Herbert Carter

Mr. Bernstein

Jerry Thompson

Raymond

Written by (View all) :

Herman J. Mankiewicz

(screenplay) and

Orson Welles

(screenplay)

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Prelude

Great? Yes. Perfect? Not quite.

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at May 28 9:08

I finally got around to seeing this classic. It took me a few tries, because I kept falling asleep (to be fair, I always started it late at night, while in bed, so take into consideration). After 3 tries, I finally got around to finishing it. I had real high hopes for this classic. Being so high up in IMDb Top250, and on top of that, being called Number 1 film of ALL TIME by American Film Institute, well, it did have a lot of things to live up to. Is it a great classic must-see film? Yes, of course, although it can be very tough to watch as the pacing is quite slow at times and film is told in very non-linear flashbacks. But I honestly believe it gets such high marks and acclaim because of the significance of the revolutionary-at-its-time filming style of Orson Welles and the ma...Read more

Rating : 7/10

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