1941: Citizen Kane: What Makes A Masterpiece?

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  • Опубліковано 29 гру 2018
  • Citizen Kane is one of the most important films ever made. It's shown in every film class, fawned over by professors, loved by cinephiles. But why? What makes Citizen Kane such an amazing film? How did its use of Deep Focus or floating, roving camera change cinema?
    What Orson Welles and cinematographer Gregg Toland created was truly revolutionary. But what's the big deal? What exactly makes the film so groundbreaking? This video explores the cinematic influences on Citizen Kane and how the film changed cinema.
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  • @TPOrchestra
    @TPOrchestra 3 роки тому +479

    The last shot of the sled burning....always makes me a little emotional. The message is universal: "You can never go home again." Something everyone learns as they get older and experience loss.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +3

      Who really knows what it means.

    • @leokatzzz
      @leokatzzz 2 роки тому +29

      The Rosebud reveal is really sad. Watching the thing burn its so depressing. Like seeing a whole life going to waste beacuse of ambition

    • @monkeydotbizness
      @monkeydotbizness Рік тому +2

      Damn, that hits hard.

    • @joshb9516
      @joshb9516 10 місяців тому

      Damn I miss that sled.

    • @spactick
      @spactick 8 місяців тому

      @@joshb9516 :)

  • @WillyTheComposerOfficial
    @WillyTheComposerOfficial 5 років тому +1023

    When I watched this movie I didn’t understand why it was often called the greatest movie of all time. I definitely enjoyed it, but thanks to this analysis, I’m starting to see why it is so highly regarded.

    • @onehundredyearsofcinema
      @onehundredyearsofcinema  5 років тому +203

      Just so you know, comments like this are exactly why I love making these videos. Thank you.

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 4 роки тому +32

      Stellvia Hoenheim gaining a deeper appreciation for something and changing one’s opinion =/= blindly following popular opinion

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 4 роки тому +7

      Great Destroyer No, it really isn’t. Just because it has the same end result (praising a highly praised movie) doesn’t mean it involved the same process.
      If you’re saying they’re lying to get likes, then yeah maybe, but there’s no reason to just assume that. The comment seems genuine enough.

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 4 роки тому +6

      OP didn’t even say that they liked it now; they just said they see why it’s so highly regarded now.

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 4 роки тому +10

      Great Destroyer If you agree with someone’s argument and don’t have a counter-argument then why wouldn’t you change your opinion? That is the point of discussion. Not changing your view at that point is just being a disingenuous contrarian for no reason.

  • @toplobster1040
    @toplobster1040 Рік тому +97

    Note: most audience as this time were accustomed to chronological story telling. The scrambledness of it all makes for a captivating story. You feel like you're the reporter, learning about him as you jump from person to person.

    • @AndyJay1985
      @AndyJay1985 6 місяців тому +3

      To me, I feel like you never get to "really" know Kane. You get an idea of who he is through others.

  • @highwind1991
    @highwind1991 5 років тому +574

    for most film lovers, I think citizen Kane is the kind of film that you learn to love and appreciate as you grow older and your taste evolve. it wasn't until my mid-twenties that citizen Kane became a film that I consider one of my favorites

    • @AndyMangele
      @AndyMangele 4 роки тому +10

      I agree - same goes for certain books, music etc.

    • @ash-dy2dm
      @ash-dy2dm 3 роки тому +3

      im at 13 right now and ive watched it twice so i can appreciate more the second watch if yah know what i mean although its not my favourite movie but its still a masterpiece

    • @rainsauzer760
      @rainsauzer760 3 роки тому +12

      @@ash-dy2dm A 13 year old would probably love Tarantino, try to watch Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction you will enjoy them. Also you could try Scarface and The Godfather, but the latter is more mature and long. Blade Runner is another masterpiece you should watch if you like Cyber Punk theme, and I will also encourage you to check Ghost in the shell from 1995 it will certainly inspire you.

    • @highwind1991
      @highwind1991 2 роки тому

      @@Nonesovile96 I would agree with you on the first half of Amberson's it's just unfortunate that it was never allowed to be a fully realized vision. Touch of Evil is terrific even with Charlton Heston Brown face

    • @Aria-qm1ux
      @Aria-qm1ux 2 роки тому +4

      I'm 26 and I found it quite boring, I mean its good, its a good movie I enjoyed it, but I don't know I found it boring. I guess I must give it a second chance

  • @corbinmarkey466
    @corbinmarkey466 3 роки тому +167

    The first thing I always tell people about Citizen Kane is that its fun as hell. I think a lot of people are put off or intimidated by the whole 'greatest film of all time' moniker. Each time I watch it, I'm floored when an hour has gone by and it only felt like twenty minutes.

  • @ccckaiser4257
    @ccckaiser4257 3 роки тому +41

    ive just realisee that he found the snowglobe in his wifes room. That snowglobe was one of few things that really meant something to him not someone expensive but something he cared about. Earlier in the film his wife tells him that he gives her nothing that he cares about only things that he could buy that dont effect him , not knowing he had given her that.

  • @libertines24
    @libertines24 4 роки тому +303

    Citizen Kane is a movie where if you care about movies, you learn to, at the very least, appreciate it. It changed the way people told stories, directed, lighted, acted, did special effects, etc
    Such a groundbreaking film. Orson Wells despite being so high regarded is underrated. People forget his other films are great

    • @iainrobb2076
      @iainrobb2076 3 роки тому +7

      To be honest, though it's a great film, it's not the best Orson Welles movie. That would be either Chimes at Midnight or Touch of Evil. A lot of people, including myself when younger, are put off Welles because they regard viewing his work as a homework assignment, especially since Kane is a film that has to be seen a few times to fully enjoy.

    • @lenhummel5614
      @lenhummel5614 3 роки тому +5

      Yes. Welles SHOULD have been allowed to have final say on the final cinema cut for Theater. If that were allowed, he likely would have had at least 5 or 6 films on par with Citizen Kane. With proper financial backing, maybe 8 or 10.(!)
      And yes: sometimes he was his own worst enemy.

    • @Matthew-ve7uv
      @Matthew-ve7uv 3 роки тому

      What? He did have final cut. What are you talking about?

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 роки тому +6

      Always wondered "Who heard Kane whisper 'Rosebud'"? The nurse? She was outside of his closed bedroom and probably only heard the snow globe crash.

    • @michellesheppard9253
      @michellesheppard9253 Рік тому +1

      The Third Man is also a highly critically acclaimed film of Welles, if I remember correctly.

  • @RocketKirchner
    @RocketKirchner 4 роки тому +151

    it is a masterpiece because it is the perfect fusion between a radio show a live play and a movie . nothing has touched it .

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 роки тому +7

      It is unique but that does not make it the greatest film of all time.

    • @idkanymore3382
      @idkanymore3382 2 роки тому +2

      @@bighands69 It is the best film ever made.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +2

      @@idkanymore3382
      It is a great film but it lacks a climax especially when it hinted at one for so long throughout the film.
      It is very well directed, acted, great script but the overall story goes nowhere hence why it is not the greatest film of all time.
      It is not as good as The Lady Vanishes, Vertigo, Ben-Hur, Godfather and many other great films.

    • @dwaynekeenum1916
      @dwaynekeenum1916 2 роки тому

      @@idkanymore3382 no

    • @idkanymore3382
      @idkanymore3382 2 роки тому +1

      @@dwaynekeenum1916 Yes, go back to watching iron man

  • @gamergirl2236
    @gamergirl2236 Рік тому +11

    Fun fact: There was actually a Citizen Kane reference in a Phineas and Ferb episode. (The one with the lake nose monster). In the scene where the lifeguard has a cramp while he’s in the water, he says “nose bud” and drops the snow globe.

  • @goldendreams3437
    @goldendreams3437 5 років тому +386

    "Your right Mr. Theacher, I did lose a million dollars last year, I lost a million dollars this year, I expect to lose a million dollars next year, do you know what a rate of a million a year means? I'll have to close this place in 60 years"
    - Chariles F. Kane
    The greatest movie ever made

    • @chepecheapy308
      @chepecheapy308 4 роки тому +17

      this movie is shit

    • @SuperBrictson
      @SuperBrictson 4 роки тому +25

      @@chepecheapy308 You're the greatest shit ever made!!!

    • @zedankhan6123
      @zedankhan6123 4 роки тому +12

      @@chepecheapy308 how did god allow you to be born ?

    • @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo
      @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo 4 роки тому +8

      Such a beautiful and bold line

    • @chepecheapy308
      @chepecheapy308 4 роки тому +9

      @@zedankhan6123 then tell me why the movie is good, when i saw it i fell asleep twice

  • @bgustinjr
    @bgustinjr 4 роки тому +53

    "though a box office failure upon its release" needs more than one asterisk after a statement like that. The theaters that weren't too afraid to show it, sold to capacity.

  • @BokushingusKendoTV
    @BokushingusKendoTV 11 місяців тому +12

    As a photographer, I study this movie often. The visual storytelling through camera technique are so incredible!

  • @jupiterlegrand4817
    @jupiterlegrand4817 3 роки тому +98

    Kane is a masterpiece for one reason: Orson Welles. He was the most mysterious, enigmatic and brilliant actor/director/writer ever to grace stage, radio or screen...and made the greatest film of all time at 25 years of age.

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred 3 роки тому +1

      I would argue against the "greatest movie of all time" bit by using the arguments of Late Spring/Tokyo Story (Ozu) and Rashomon/Seven Samurai (Kurosawa) or even "The Killing/Paths of Glory" (Stanley Kubrick) But then, Citizen Kane came TEN YEARS at least before all of these. So I give it its merits. Not greatest thing I ever seen, but still GREAT.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift 2 роки тому +1

      @@FeelingShred "The Killing" as the greatest movie of all time?? This came 15 years after Kane, and there had been countless similar movies up until it came out in '56. I'd venture to say the things you liked best about it, like the long track shots and information dump dialogue were already perfected in Kane. The acting and dialogue in The Killing is among the worst of all the movies of the time which had also already been perfected in Kane. In The Killing there is no equal an actor or character that Wells brought to the screen in Kane; no one as believable, and certainly no one as in depth regarding the inner workings and the pitfalls of finding success in the modern age- something we've all been taught is so important in western society.
      Personally, and I'm just going to be blunt here. Kubrick is/was/and always has been an Orson Wells imposter, who was actually quite clever at stealing much of his work and convincing his fanboys that he was actually being original most of the time, and therefor his fanboys always seem to like his work over others in comparison.
      Kubrick was a great artist and somewhat decent innovator at times, but he was also a charlatan and a fraud, who ultimately failed to admit where he knew he was drawing much of his material from and just how cheap so many of tricks really were. He was actually one of the reasons Wells didn't like to watch other's movies. He'd be either too disgusted by it or too attempted to steal something.

    • @charliewest1221
      @charliewest1221 Рік тому +2

      @@Rick-the-Swift
      Didn't Welles borrow ideas from earlier French and German film makers?

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Рік тому +1

      @@charliewest1221 yes indeed, of course Welles "borrowed" many ideas from many people, and if you listen to him long enough, he usually admitted to all of his shenanigans. That's where I grew to respect Welles. He didn't sugarcoat the fact that Hollywood and New York media was full of vampires and prostitutes who sucked and leached everything they could in order to produce their films. He well understood that he stood tall among them. But even though Welles was borrowing ideas, his ambition and luck is what set him apart from the rest who proceeded him. His production of "Kane" cemented him as the first "epic" movie maker. The story was epic, the dialogue spoke volumes, and the continuity from beginning to end was completely original.

    • @charliewest1221
      @charliewest1221 Рік тому +2

      @@Rick-the-Swift
      Thank you for your response.

  • @elainebmack
    @elainebmack Рік тому +8

    I first saw Citizen Kane when I was 19 years old, and it made a huge impression on me. 50 years later, it is still my favorite film.

  • @michaelcullen5308
    @michaelcullen5308 5 років тому +308

    While your analyses are always well-made and informative, (puts on nitpicking hat), it might be somewhat controversial to say that Hitchcock was influenced by Welles, given that Hitchcock had been directing for 15 years before Citizen Kane came out, and used techniques from Expressionist films that he had observed first-hand in Germany. But artists can influence each other, so I suppose it’s academic :)

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 5 років тому +12

      I would even argue that the last shot in Rebecca had influenced the burning sled in Citizen Kane. But that's just me, speculating.

    • @onehundredyearsofcinema
      @onehundredyearsofcinema  5 років тому +26

      That last shot in Rebecca is something else. It had to have some kind of influence.

    • @FirstPlace97
      @FirstPlace97 5 років тому +14

      Hitchcock may have been directing long before Welles, but Hitch was in his 40's when he came to Hollywood whereas a 25 year old Welles made the greatest film of all time at his debut. Compare and contrast.

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 5 років тому +13

      @@FirstPlace97 That's not contradicting anything Michael Cullen said.

    • @FirstPlace97
      @FirstPlace97 5 років тому +6

      @@karlkarlos3545 What I'm saying is that what Welles achieved was unparalleled at the time, and it's hard to deny that he was the dominant force of the 1940's cinema. having said that, Hitchcock did have an extraordinary period in the 50's

  • @ChildOfTheFlower
    @ChildOfTheFlower 5 років тому +78

    While not a favorite film, I do love how much thought and process you put in this video showing why Citizen Kane deserves it's reputation.
    Guessing Magnificent Ambersons or Casablanca as the next one.

  • @jimfry2748
    @jimfry2748 Місяць тому +1

    I always felt the main point of the story is that in his last moments his thoughts were about a realization that the last time he was ever truly happy was that snowy morning when he was a kid on his rosebud died before he was sent away from his family, in other words even with all his money he was never truly happy and that money can’t buy happiness

  • @travisfadness1208
    @travisfadness1208 2 роки тому +3

    He was very witty and ppl don't speak the same way as the old backbone that they had back then. This is and always be the best picture ever. I want to watch it over and over !! Love it!

  • @Ruslana_Bobrivska
    @Ruslana_Bobrivska 6 місяців тому +2

    I don't know how masterpiecy this movie is supposed to be, but it blew my mind.

  • @jackoff1826
    @jackoff1826 4 роки тому +18

    Wow, I watched this movie when I was about 9 years old. And I recall my mother asking me what I thought his last word meant, and I recall me saying it was about his childhood and how he wishes he could go back...I just randomly thought of this movie now, 34 years later, and I was curious to watch it again to see how off I might have been as a child and come to hear, I was spot on. Go little me. I will still look to buy this and watch it again as I'm certain I've forgot almost everything about it.

    • @jonahmann
      @jonahmann 3 роки тому +1

      have some praise

    • @jupiterlegrand4817
      @jupiterlegrand4817 3 роки тому +2

      At about the same age, Kane was showing on TV. My mother let me stay up late to see it. She'd seen it in 1941 and said "You should watch this. It's important." From the first frame, the mystery and atmosphere of it grabbed me. Mother was correct. It's the most important film ever made.

    • @MrMakingwavesmedia
      @MrMakingwavesmedia 3 роки тому

      Its not that simple though. Its about the event that made him who he was. This was the trauma that made him believe that a loss off control means a loss of love. It does refer to his childhood but it is about the events that made him the broken man he was. A 9 year old could not comprehend the subtext

  • @juliafraa6419
    @juliafraa6419 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for taking the time to explain the techniques behind it. Its definitely giving me a better understanding

  • @vicenteortegarubilar9418
    @vicenteortegarubilar9418 5 років тому +26

    A truly masterful work in this essay, I am so thankful this type of content is so accesible and easy to consume.

  • @yagomatheusricardo1195
    @yagomatheusricardo1195 3 роки тому +250

    PEOPLE NEED TO STOP PUTTING THE EYE SCENE FROM CHIEN ANDALOU EVERYWHERE WITHOUT WARNING omg i cant

    • @CruelQuertos
      @CruelQuertos 3 роки тому +17

      yeah a dick move to just casually show it like its nothing.

    • @JacobMcAllister
      @JacobMcAllister 3 роки тому +4

      It's just a movie... chill. There's far worse out there.

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 3 роки тому +5

      I hate safe spaces... but I agree with you. It is a dick move.

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 3 роки тому +15

      @@JacobMcAllister what's worse than cutting an eye in half? Raping a kid? I don't want to see that. Also I don't want to see tiny clips diminishing the effect of these movies. Don't show the pay off scene to people that don't see the movie. Don't show the final image of Planet of the Apes at all. Some scenes are meant to suprise

    • @JacobMcAllister
      @JacobMcAllister 3 роки тому +1

      @@MicahMicahel well you had to take it from 10 to 100 didn't you lol why was rape the first thing on your mind weirdo? Anyway, 99% of the world has no idea where that eye scene comes from and 98% don't care to ever find out. And it's not exactly the shock and awe moment it was in 1929. The world has moved far beyond that level of grotesque. And planet of the apes is over 50 years old at this point and that ending is cemented in pop culture. Film isn't a bubble.

  • @YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms
    @YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms 5 років тому +21

    Loved Citizen Kane and it was a great entry-point for me into more Orson Welles, a true master. Would love to see Casablanca covered in the next video too like others have said but each of your video essays are fantastic, it's always exciting to see what you put out next.

  • @FirstPlace97
    @FirstPlace97 5 років тому +40

    People always talk about the technical innovations of Citizen Kane, but that's not the real reason that it is the greatest film ever made. The story, the writing, the characters, acting and philosophical depth are all astounding. It is the deepest film ever made about what goes on inside of a human mind. The only film comparable is 2001, which is even more sublime, visually stunning but concerned more with evolution than the past.

    • @Leg0456
      @Leg0456 4 роки тому

      FP The Godfather and 2001 are both overwhelmingly better than Citizen Kane. don’t get me wrong Kane does seem pretty influential but I didn’t really like it that much when I first watched it when I was 17.

    • @SB-kr2xk
      @SB-kr2xk 4 роки тому +1

      Leo thats subjectif, i personally think Kane is the best

    • @locksh
      @locksh 4 роки тому +2

      I agree completely, the story transcends time and place, it has a universal meaning that left a huge impression on me when I first watched it. As much as these titles such as "greatest film" are void of meaning, if there is one movie that is worthy of it it's Citizen Kane, it's undoubtedly a masterpiece in every way.

    • @ihatefanserviceanime364
      @ihatefanserviceanime364 2 роки тому

      Tokyo Story is better imo

    • @EmorSceneForME
      @EmorSceneForME 2 роки тому

      @@ihatefanserviceanime364 this nigga just said Tokyo Story 😂

  • @3893maya
    @3893maya 4 роки тому +4

    thank you for the video! and your others... I teach a cinema class on the "golden age of Hollywood/independent era" as a volunteer and I use clips of your videos as discussion points all the time. love your content. It is so rare to find discussions and analyses about classics from that era that are true good quality and content. This generation is focused on the last 2 decades on youtube... so thank you so much!

  • @bensas42
    @bensas42 5 років тому +2

    I just found this channel, thanks so much for putting all of this together!!

  • @jimpickard3850
    @jimpickard3850 5 років тому +3

    Charlie, this is your own Citizen Kane if I may say so .. brilliant video explaining very concisely what makes Citizen Kane so great ... Nice work

  • @60skidd72
    @60skidd72 4 роки тому +31

    I watched this film twice and I absolutely love it. It's a film that genuinly makes me happy watching it. I remember when I watched this the first time I kept forgetting the whole film was about finding out the meaning behind 'rosebud'.

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred 3 роки тому +5

      Good point, I didn't even remember the Rosebud thing until I watched this video here now. I didn't think it was "the greatest movie I ever watched" by any stretch of the imagination, but I couldn't take my eyes off it, which is a testament to the great storytelling in itself. Another movie that caused me the same effect was Stanley Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss", it was a story that never actually went anywhere, you're always waiting for a twist or a punchline that never comes, but even then I couldn't stop watching it. I think there's something to be said about that. It's not about the destination, it's the journey. Maybe?
      Now, when I think of movies that caused me that feeling of "this is the best thing I ever watched" it was early Ozu and Kurosawa movies, specially Rashomon/Seven Samurai and Late Spring/Tokyo Story, these movies moved me in a way I didn't even think movies were capable of.

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred 3 роки тому +4

      But even then, I have to make one concession to Citizen Kane: it was made 10, 15 years before these other movies I mentioned where made. It was the pioneer.

  • @raydarable
    @raydarable 5 років тому +166

    I'm guessing 1942 is Casablanca.

  • @walktalkwithmarlene9613
    @walktalkwithmarlene9613 4 роки тому +20

    This was my second time watching the film "Citizen Kane." I enjoyed it more this time. While watching or reading novels, you may begin to identify with the characters. As the film progressed to the ending and watching an overview of all the antiques collected, I guessed the correct meaning of "Rosebud" based on the snowy caption. People, in general, will judge politicians and the wealthy, but once they take a little closer look, the same POV may be seen in their own mirrors. Great overview.

  • @ThisisDigitalden
    @ThisisDigitalden 23 дні тому

    Great break down and analysis of the film’s meaning, also very clever to explain its historic filmic significance , thanks

  • @AyeshaAyesha-hj6sb
    @AyeshaAyesha-hj6sb 8 днів тому

    thanks for such a detailed description

  • @bgustinjr
    @bgustinjr 4 роки тому +2

    Really well done, you've got a new subscriber! I think this video is a wonderful prelude for anyone who has yet to see the movie and is considering it, as well as a great perspective for those of us who already love it but may not fully grasp its significance in its own time and the influence is has had on the world of film ever since.

  • @mikemike-lu1so
    @mikemike-lu1so 5 років тому +5

    Great video man! Just got done watching the movie and wanted to watch a good video essay on it and this was perfect! 😉

  • @lukedoyle3002
    @lukedoyle3002 3 роки тому +2

    Dude. Top notch content. The Citizen Kane of Citizen Kane analysis videos

  • @thiccboss4780
    @thiccboss4780 5 років тому +20

    *_Hypest New Years Eve Ever_*
    thanks charlie!!!!

  • @beechnut8779
    @beechnut8779 4 роки тому +1

    Thank for for this project and your intelligent analysis! Film lovers such as myself eagerly wait to see what film you will choose for each year.

  • @henasharma1632
    @henasharma1632 5 років тому +4

    thank you for such a good video, it has really enabled me to appreciate the film!

  • @ScorpionStrike7
    @ScorpionStrike7 2 роки тому +1

    I didn’t quite understand the movie at first, but I’m very glad I watched this vid. Great work

  • @tothepast
    @tothepast 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your work. I'm going to binge this channel now

  • @casimirmaslia9321
    @casimirmaslia9321 3 роки тому

    Excellent review. Thank you.

  • @inverseK
    @inverseK 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the fantastic video - really well done!

  • @BarbaraMoretti
    @BarbaraMoretti 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this enlightening analysis!

  • @petskington7182
    @petskington7182 3 роки тому +3

    This movie has always been on my favorites, it never gets old to me and it is perfect when it is night of the christmas sitting at couch mouth shut and enjoying everything in it, maybe take some chocolate but still. Fantastic movie

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 роки тому

      It is one of those films that does cut through time but that still does not mean it is the greatest film of all time.

  • @bjklein444
    @bjklein444 Рік тому

    This review is most excellent. Thank you for posting! 📫

  • @francescomanzo3939
    @francescomanzo3939 5 років тому

    Great video as usual. Happy New Year!

  • @StarWarrior91
    @StarWarrior91 11 місяців тому +1

    This helped me gain a better appreciation for this film having seen it for the first time today. Laying the foundations of modern cinema back in 1941. Fascinating for sure

  • @ross2812
    @ross2812 Рік тому

    Incredible presentation!

  • @dynamicvoltage9765
    @dynamicvoltage9765 2 місяці тому

    It has more than earned the title of best movie ever made. Every single scene was so far ahead of its time. Spielberg made a career out of copying scenes from this movie. One of the things it does so well is the setup for the ending - the story doesn't really feel like it hinges on "Rosebud" because it seems like such a random thing. You can't imagine it being of any importance, so you're not constantly looking for it - which can be distracting. Instead, you're enjoying the trip down memory lane from the acquaintances of Kane, and as you go deeper, you find out that he was an angry guy that was somehow incomplete, despite seemingly having the world on a platter. But again, you never think that Rosebud could possibly explain him. Then, you find out that a single word can in fact explain a character. You learn everything you ever needed to know about him and it's absolutely incredible and lines up perfectly with who he was. The greatest movie ever made.

  • @DavidMatias79
    @DavidMatias79 4 роки тому +1

    This video is really good. It's better than the other ones on the same subject.

  • @AliAlialhakak
    @AliAlialhakak 3 роки тому

    Thanks for making this video

  • @ShooterNumberOne
    @ShooterNumberOne 2 роки тому

    great vid! Very interesting and well made

  • @ItsJustMe0585
    @ItsJustMe0585 Рік тому +1

    I've never seen this movie, but wow... every single shot that's in this video, I know of. 80 years later, and it's still that significant! I guess I should watch it. :)

  • @ArthurWiener
    @ArthurWiener 3 роки тому

    Amazing analysis! Thank you 😊

  • @MrBenzcdi
    @MrBenzcdi Рік тому

    Thanks for your explanation Charlie.

  • @zkring
    @zkring День тому

    Great breakdown thanks. I have a new perspective. Always loved it, but new perspective.

  • @keithyostin4482
    @keithyostin4482 Рік тому

    Excellent video

  • @ukaszgroblewski7713
    @ukaszgroblewski7713 4 роки тому

    Fantastic video. Verry, verry good job

  • @TravelingPrik
    @TravelingPrik 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you for this excellent explanation. I saw Citizen Kane and noticed several aspects of the filming that surprised me. I’ve rarely ever seen a black and white movie, so I was taken aback when I saw such camera angles and how smoothly Charlie Kane aged. Far more than I expected from such an old movie. Along with the engaging storyline, I could certainly see why this movie has been regarded a historically great movie.
    But it’s thanks to your explanation that I see why it’s widely considered as the greatest movie ever made.

  • @danielhuang2488
    @danielhuang2488 4 роки тому

    great analysis, thanks!

  • @YusefIsAGod
    @YusefIsAGod 3 роки тому +5

    People that say it's not as good never really watched a movie from that era. You have to watch with the context of the times it came, if you watch like any other movie you won't comprehend how influential it really is. The techniques used became so common that it's difficult to see why it's so influential.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 роки тому

      It is one of those films that you do not even need to grasp the period. I do not think it is the greatest film of all time in the English speaking world.

  • @RightNowMan
    @RightNowMan 5 років тому

    Very enjoyable video, thanks.

  • @emmettwalz
    @emmettwalz 4 роки тому +1

    Citizen Kane is a most extraordinary film and a pitch perfect expression of Romanticism in film as one can find. The ending is so powerfully moving with such deep insight of the significance of childhood, and its traumatic interruption by "fate". This film is my second favorite of all movies. Chaplin's City Lights is my favorite. The endings of each are unequalled in their emotional confrontation with the possibility of love (and the significance of its absence), and with the unalterable force of fate. Chaplin and Wells are America's two greatest film artists!

  • @MatthewDLDavidson
    @MatthewDLDavidson 3 роки тому

    Very good explanation

  • @elizabethhestevold1340
    @elizabethhestevold1340 3 роки тому

    Great Analises . Thank You.🇩🇰🇺🇸📬🗽🦅.

  • @badname8501
    @badname8501 5 років тому +17

    Your work is a masterpiece

  • @user-fq2qy3xe6j
    @user-fq2qy3xe6j 4 роки тому +1

    What a marvellous video! So much depth within such a short period of time! I have juve seen this great movie again. Your commentary provides a great insight into the creative essence of making this inimitable masterpiece. Citizen Kane might pass unnoticed for an immature viewer, but it does grow on you as time goes by. A feast for the eye and a huge amount of thought for an inquiring mind. Thanks for flying high instead of grovelling on the ground!

  • @user-rq2es2io8y
    @user-rq2es2io8y Місяць тому

    What makes CK such a brilliant film is the superb writing by Herman Mankewitz. Welles tried to hog the writing credit, but finally gave credit to Mankewitz. The film contains one continuity flaw: There is no one in the room to hear him when he utters "Rosebud." The nurse enters the room after the quote.

  • @Claudio-Oroza
    @Claudio-Oroza 3 роки тому

    Great Job! Congratulations from Buenos Aires, Argentina! ;-)

  • @Malkovith2
    @Malkovith2 Рік тому +4

    So basically this is the first movie that feels like modern cinema - back in 1941.

  • @AngelaUko
    @AngelaUko 2 роки тому

    Glad I am learning about this in class.

  • @martynhanson
    @martynhanson 3 роки тому +1

    The debate about who did what. Well, Welles gave Toland a co-credit on the screen. Amazing. A cinematographer getting that kind of credit with the director. It also tells you a lot about Welles too.

  • @robertmounsey4682
    @robertmounsey4682 3 роки тому

    Nice analysis

  • @lightningrodstudios2441
    @lightningrodstudios2441 7 місяців тому +1

    When asked if he had ever seen the movie again since it’s premiere. He said he hadn’t seen it because he saw it so many times on the cutting room floor, and he knew that if he saw it again, he would only see the things he would’ve changed or done differently

  • @drakewauters2109
    @drakewauters2109 10 місяців тому

    Well done.

  • @exym969
    @exym969 4 роки тому +2

    One can clearly see where Gatsby's extravaganza comes from. What a great movie this was. So good that now I'm talking like them.

  • @JRBeast-nw3xg
    @JRBeast-nw3xg Рік тому

    Saw this movie last night for my film history course in school and it was incredible. Really speaks to the modern generation too it feels relevant in a way.

  • @mozhganabbasi2958
    @mozhganabbasi2958 3 роки тому

    I perfectly enjoyed you vedio . massive thanks

  • @brickproduction1815
    @brickproduction1815 5 років тому +20

    The masterpiece was almost banned and not released by Kane himself!

  • @nemeyh8415
    @nemeyh8415 2 роки тому

    Among the hay of UA-cam, I believe this video to be a needle. I came looking for a video to merely explain the context of "Citizen Kayne" and what I got was a perfect, 13-minute-long symbiosis of factual knowledge and heartfelt passion for the narrative medium of film. Typically, I believe my comments to be pointless - but it would be a crime to get to see this and walk away without expressing my gratitude for this content.

  • @TimothyCHenderson
    @TimothyCHenderson Рік тому +1

    A window into the mind of the characters indeed. Window's play heavily in this film throughout.

  • @lovecraft7676
    @lovecraft7676 5 років тому

    well done!

  • @ameliadeering8843
    @ameliadeering8843 5 років тому +16

    everyone always bangs on about innovative the deep focus in Citizen Kane was, but Renoir was way ahead of Welles with it (La Règle du jeu)

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 роки тому

      La Règle du Jeu simply did not have the same level of impact that Citizen Kane had.

  • @il7434
    @il7434 3 роки тому

    this is amazing!!!!

  • @pakpak2121
    @pakpak2121 3 роки тому +1

    Marvelous analysis. Thank you for your thoughtful comments and observations. I would encourage Cane lovers to watch MANK on Netflix...

  • @definitelynosebreather
    @definitelynosebreather 4 місяці тому

    For some reason, I thought CK was made in the 50's. Hard to believe it was 80 years ago. The story itself feels so modern with this complex protagonist.

  • @shesfine9426
    @shesfine9426 4 роки тому +1

    I received a book by a friend of mine that has the same title, but in French "100 ans de Cinéma" and of course, Citizen Kane, is the MOVIE within ....
    The Movie, which teaches how to make modern Cinema...
    All Cinema schools worldwide, are aware of it and consider this Movie is the basic one ! the Most ICONIC one !

  • @DNE2012
    @DNE2012 Рік тому +1

    Its seems like early movies were just plays on a stage shot at a very safe angle, as people learned about framing they found ways to make film more expressive and kane took all these modern elements we all take for granted and presented it in a large cohesive image without making it seem like a gimmick like the famous scene from wings in 1927.

  • @harsyakiarraathallah2222
    @harsyakiarraathallah2222 8 місяців тому +3

    Citizen Kane is a Movie about the Art of Making Movie itself.

  • @nikhiljayakrishnan
    @nikhiljayakrishnan 5 років тому +2

    Nice video. You could also have mentioned the use of long takes in the films of Jean Renoir as a precursor to Kane.

    • @onehundredyearsofcinema
      @onehundredyearsofcinema  5 років тому +1

      I couldn't, because I didn't know that until I read this comment. but really cool and something I'm going to look into. I actually have The Rules of the Game on my to watch list so I might bump it up a few places and watch it next.

    • @karlkarlos3545
      @karlkarlos3545 5 років тому

      The master of the long take was actually Erich von Stroheim.

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video, I will have to watch this movie again, now paying attention to all these things I learned about it. Bring new appreciation for a piece of art that you couldn't "get" before. It would be like if I made a video about the historical significance and influence of the song "Astronomy Domine" by Pink Floyd and why it was so great, specially at the time of release. (1967) Or like this song called "Good Man" by a musician called Paul Gilbert. At first glance, it's just a poppy-song with no major twists or changes in rhythm, throughout, I would often skip it for many years, until I care to pay attention to the lyrics and the story it told, and how the very first thing that happens in the song is the guitar simulating the sound of a telephone ringing. I can't understand how it took me more than 7 years to actually notice that brilliant detail. Brought me new appreciation for the song, for sure.
    Or things like the song "Epic" by Faith No More. At first hearing, it sounds like a teenager trying to mix rap with rock, slightly annoying, but then you pay attention to the lyrics and what it is saying, there are people in this site called Song Meanings dot com that are still trying to figure out what that song is all about, 30+ years later. This is art to me.

  • @adarshjose3891
    @adarshjose3891 4 роки тому +1

    Gud work👍

  • @hardeeentertainment-alsplace
    @hardeeentertainment-alsplace 2 роки тому

    Bravo!

  • @AlexAlex-zw5fc
    @AlexAlex-zw5fc 3 роки тому

    You have done a great movie! congratulations!

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 3 місяці тому

    I remember watching this with my daughter, who was only about twelve years old at the time. I asked her what she thought of it, and she said, "It's as if the camera is a person. Or maybe it's a ghost. It just floats around, it can go anywhere it wants, it even goes through things. It seems to see everything and know everything." Pretty good summation.

  • @LinkMarioSamus
    @LinkMarioSamus 4 роки тому +1

    That shot of all of Kane's belongings reminds me of the last shot in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

    • @onehundredyearsofcinema
      @onehundredyearsofcinema  4 роки тому +4

      I think Spielberg is on record as saying that that shot did inspire Raiders. Good eye.

  • @isabeamon1190
    @isabeamon1190 2 роки тому

    This is the first film essay that I watched from this channel and you have yourself a new subscriber. I thoroughly enjoyed this video as I did the masterpiece of which it's about, Citizen Kane. Thanks and keep up the great work!

  • @zidanecristianoaveiro
    @zidanecristianoaveiro 4 роки тому +2

    1941. can you fucking believe that ?
    technically
    it's way ahead of its time, I mean look at the acting, at one moment I
    swore that was Marlon Brando's don Corleone entering the practicing room
    . How do you manage to direct such a masterpiece while being the
    protagonist in action ? it's just impossible, mostly if it's one of the
    best films and one of the best roles ever achieved in Hollywood . The
    camera movements were pleasantly enjoyable, and again out of this world,
    you can't even find scenes like those anymore, I'm talking about the
    transitions of the camera in and out of the house of young Kane through
    the window and the other frames within frames sequences and the
    symbolism that left me speechless knowing that this was shot in 1941
    .Charlie Kane reminded me somehow of Jordan Belfort's character in The
    Wolf of Wall Street, and there is also a resemblance between the two
    actors . The script was interesting and so thick, I enjoyed the
    narrative flashbacks telling the story of Mr Charlie and I guess it
    influenced a lot of films later like Amadeus, Titanic, Saving Private
    Ryan and The Usual suspects ,so because of all that being said this film
    earns a 5 stars from me .
    A Masterpiece


    Comment?

  • @rameshwarirr5728
    @rameshwarirr5728 4 роки тому +17

    OK but who heard him say *"ROSEBUD"*