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This 5 page report discusses Orson
Welles’ 1941 movie Citizen Kane in terms of its cinematography,
story line, and controversy surrounding the movie. The many
characteristics that have caused it to be defined as a film
classic are also presented briefly along with a consideration of
the ways in which the movie differed from any other of its time.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWkane.rtf
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other of its time. Bibliography lists 8 sources. BWkane.rtf The Biggest Movie of the 40s -- Orson Welles "Citizen Kane"
By: C.B. Rodgers - November 2001 -- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction The first thing the student writing about
Orson Welles 1941 movie Citizen Kane is that, to countless American film critics and students, the movie is thought of as one of the most influential films of all time.
Others believe that the movie is highly over-rated and should be thought of as an interesting sidebar in the larger story of American movie development. This paper presents the characteristics
of Citizen Kane that have caused it to be defined as a classic while also considering the ways in which the movie differed from any other of its time.
The student should understand that Citizen Kane broke numerous artificial boundaries regarding what movies could or should portray and how it would actually show the audience its story. Its cinematography,
story, and the controversy surrounding the idea that it might actually be the portrayal of a real person. For a student seeing the movie from the perspective of the 21st
century, the movie may not seem that impressive. However, for the audiences of the early 1940s who were used to the swashbuckling drama of an Errol Flynn movie or the
silliness and production of a Busby Berkeley musical, Citizen Kane was truly something "never-before-seen-on-film." Cinematography McCarthy explains that the recent release of Citizen Kane on DVD serves to illustrate many
of the reasons the film has been pointed to as an example of innovative and dramatic camera work. Because the majority of people seeing the film over the past two
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