Citizen Kane

Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:04 pm

I just watched this movie. Interesting stuff on here. I don't have anything more to add but a score...

87/100
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Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:18 pm

New score logged. This loses its position as the silver medalist. The top two films are both German and have two reviews each.
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Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:49 pm

I wrote a 6 page paper on this film as my final for a film class I took. Unfortunately my paper is horrible. I waited until the last minute and picked a boring topic - I analyzed why this film is better than any film ever made (filmic techniques, etc.). I should have written something about how the secret of rosebud really explains nothing at all and how the no trespassing sign explains more. I had so many ideas I could have written 20 pages.

For those with the DVD version, I highly recommend the commentary by Roger Ebert. I learned so much about film from that commentary. Usually I skip commentaries as they're by actors and just a bunch of stupid stories, but Ebert knew his stuff.
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Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:44 pm

But don't you sense that "Rosebud," although only a brand name on his sled as a child, stood for the innocence and carefree nature of youth which was the only thing that eluded him at the end of his life? The only thing that his millions could not buy?
In a way, I felt this film was a 20th century version of "A Christmas Carol," only this sorry dude was not given a second chance.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:45 pm

Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:04 am

He was so steeped in misery, I don't know if he would've recognized a a lifeline, even if it hit him, although he was exceedingly proficient in throwing away happiness with both hands.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:50 am

The more I watch that movie I realize it's a real shame that Welles never got to make another movie to his liking. The Magnificent Ambersons is supposedly a great film, but RKO edited the hell out of it. He only got to make one film how he wanted and it ended up probably the greatest film ever.
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Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:29 am

I know it might be boring to some, but I wish he could have continued his Mercury Theatre series. 'War of the Worlds' was his radio pinnacle.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Citizen Kane Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:12 pm

I still need to hear that. I think my dad has a copy of it somewhere.
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