Citizen Kane
This week's film will be Citizen Kane. Make sure that you read the materials I've placed on electronic reserve, selections from Robert Carringer's The Making of Citizen Kane
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Monday, June 14, 2004
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4 Comments:
The reading will be up later today (Tuesday). You don't need to read it until Thursday.
I was suprised how sympathetic the film portrayed Kane, considering the reality of who Hearst was. Kane certainly manipulated headlines, and he was shown as being rich, but Hearst was a man who was in love with power more than money.
I think the film was brilliant primarily for the technical aspects - the long zooms and pans, incredible sets and scenery, and the masterful contrast that comes out in the B&W film.
-tim donlan
Kane was portrayed as a man who walked the walk and talked the talk. It was interesting how sympathy for for him set in at the end. For some reason i didn't see the sled "Rosebud" as being significant enough to be his last words
Avery saiD:
We never found out what Rosebud meant. The whole purpose of the movie was to find what it meant. I was dissappointed at the end. I basically found out that Kane was money and power hungry and would do anything to obtain that. He hated anyone having power over him. One thing about the movie that I wanted to say was that the movie seemed fast paced. Meaning that everyone seemed to always be in a hurry. Kane also never showed any affection until the end when his last wife left. I believe though that Rosebud stands for everything that he lost.
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