"You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars *next* year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years." I know someone might not see it today, this film was groundbreaking. Techniques pioneered in the making of this movie is common practice today. Fun Fact: The audience that watches Kane make his speech is, in fact, a still photo. To give the illusion of movement, hundreds of holes were pricked in with a pin, and lights moved about behind it. Bonus Fact: For this movie Orson Welles, along with cinematographer Gregg Toland, pioneered the "deep focus" technique that keeps every object in the foreground, center and background in simultaneous focus. This brought a sense of depth to the two-dimensional world of movies.
You want to see a great Hollywood classic with a strange trajectory. “The Night of the Hunter” (1955) This film stars a Hollywood legend in one of his most memorable roles. This film has influenced many other artists and filmmakers for generations. And this movie bombed massively and was trashed by critics at the time. It was reviled so badly at the time, the director who had made his directorial debut with this film, never directed another film again. And despite all that, the film quietly endured and has organically gone on to become a revered and beloved classic.
Too bad you knew about Rosebud before watching the film, as that mystery and conclusion was the entire point of the picture….. great ending with that reveal ✅
When he asks her not to leave, he seems almost like a child. Much like what Jed said he wants people to love him, but that search for happiness and actual connections got in the way that love and connections to two ways. While Jed was undoubtedly overly cynical and biased against Kane to be able to give an unbiased answer towards Kane's personality, he likely had that point right
A great example of non-linear storytelling, forcing the audience to assemble Kane's life like a puzzle...only to discover that the most important pieces are missing and there is no meaningful portrait anyway. A postmodern masterpiece before postmodernism was cool.
this story was based on true life politics. I forget who. But it was inspired by events of the time. and some times shows us how little politics has changed since.
finally someone decided to watch one of the best movies ever made. this film is FULL of trick shots and optical illusions. most so well done you don't even notice them. special camera lenses were created to accomplish some of the deep focus, deep depth of field shots. composite shots were sometimes used. a hole was cut in the floor to give an extreme upward angle in one scene. too many innovations to list here. (welles also produced and starred in the infamous 1938 radio broadcast "the war of the worlds.") the film is based upon the life of newspaper tycoon william randolph hearst. his papers relied on what's known as "yellow journalism." we'd call it "tabloid jouranalism" today. he sued to stop the film from being released. his mistress, marion davies, who he never married, was a comedic actor in silent films. she used to throw parties for her hollywood friends, like chaplin, garbo and fairbanks, at his estate known as "hearst castle." its was at these parties Mankiewicz, the screen writer for "citizen kane," first heard of hearst's nickname for davies' vagina - ROSEBUD! there's a movie about the making of this movie called "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" (1996) which is pretty good.
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For me, movies made in the 40s are so much better than movies made today.
If you're thinking the real meaning of Rosebud is a sled then wait until you find out the actual meaning. It's the cheekiest joke in all of cinema.
"You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars *next* year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."
I know someone might not see it today, this film was groundbreaking. Techniques pioneered in the making of this movie is common practice today.
Fun Fact: The audience that watches Kane make his speech is, in fact, a still photo. To give the illusion of movement, hundreds of holes were pricked in with a pin, and lights moved about behind it.
Bonus Fact: For this movie Orson Welles, along with cinematographer Gregg Toland, pioneered the "deep focus" technique that keeps every object in the foreground, center and background in simultaneous focus. This brought a sense of depth to the two-dimensional world of movies.
You want to see a great Hollywood classic with a strange trajectory.
“The Night of the Hunter” (1955)
This film stars a Hollywood legend in one of his most memorable roles.
This film has influenced many other artists and filmmakers for generations.
And this movie bombed massively and was trashed by critics at the time.
It was reviled so badly at the time, the director who had made his directorial debut with this film, never directed another film again.
And despite all that, the film quietly endured and has organically gone on to become a revered and beloved classic.
I actually have this one on my list, been interested in the movie since I first read about it.
LOL your reaction to the cockatoo shot😅😅😅
Kane is very entertaining. Not my personal favourite Welles classic though, that would be "The Trial"
@ 39:25 Snow globe - at least that's what we call it here . 🙂
Too bad you knew about Rosebud before watching the film, as that mystery and conclusion was the entire point of the picture….. great ending with that reveal ✅
Of course, he never considers the significance of the fact that he knew what Rosebud was all along but the characters in the movie never find out.
When he asks her not to leave, he seems almost like a child. Much like what Jed said he wants people to love him, but that search for happiness and actual connections got in the way that love and connections to two ways. While Jed was undoubtedly overly cynical and biased against Kane to be able to give an unbiased answer towards Kane's personality, he likely had that point right
A great example of non-linear storytelling, forcing the audience to assemble Kane's life like a puzzle...only to discover that the most important pieces are missing and there is no meaningful portrait anyway. A postmodern masterpiece before postmodernism was cool.
this story was based on true life politics. I forget who. But it was inspired by events of the time. and some times shows us how little politics has changed since.
I read that a lot of things and people in this were based on true life, mainly Kane himself who was basically William Hearst with a few twists. ^^
It was 90% Hearst. The guy who built an opera house to showcase his girlfriend was called Samuel Insull.
finally someone decided to watch one of the best movies ever made. this film is FULL of trick shots and optical illusions. most so well done you don't even notice them. special camera lenses were created to accomplish some of the deep focus, deep depth of field shots. composite shots were sometimes used. a hole was cut in the floor to give an extreme upward angle in one scene. too many innovations to list here. (welles also produced and starred in the infamous 1938 radio broadcast "the war of the worlds.")
the film is based upon the life of newspaper tycoon william randolph hearst. his papers relied on what's known as "yellow journalism." we'd call it "tabloid jouranalism" today. he sued to stop the film from being released. his mistress, marion davies, who he never married, was a comedic actor in silent films. she used to throw parties for her hollywood friends, like chaplin, garbo and fairbanks, at his estate known as "hearst castle." its was at these parties Mankiewicz, the screen writer for "citizen kane," first heard of hearst's nickname for davies' vagina - ROSEBUD!
there's a movie about the making of this movie called "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" (1996) which is pretty good.