Relates to the film by Orson Welles concerning the life of a newspaper owner, politician and magnate as presented through the eyes of an investigative reporter.
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What is so good and unique about Citizen Kane?
Citizen Kane is the best movie on AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES, second best on BFI's The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time and has score a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
But I for myself cannot comprehend what is so great about this movie (I gave it a…
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What's with the "cockatoo jump scare" in Citizen Kane?
Youtube link to just before this "jump scare" happens
According to the internet, this painfully loud screech was Welles' attempt to wake up the viewer. For me it was a complete immersion breaker in an otherwise great film, and the "waking people…
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Was "Rosebud" a real brand of sled?
In the film "Citizen Kane" young Kane owns a sled with the name "Rosebud". I have always assumed that the name was invented for the film, but I was recently reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (by Betty Smith) and came across this text:
And the…
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What is the meaning of the opening scene in Citizen Kane?
In the opening scene of Citizen Kane, there are phantasmagoric scenes showing monkeys and in another a statue of a cat and in another a sort of ancient pyramid. What is the meaning of these strange landscapes?
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