Rogue-theX said:
^ Does he at the start of the film throw a broken hat onto a hat rack, and is there some kind of car action or something with W.C. and a firetruck?
A broken hat does feature and a chase happens at the end but I'm not sure. That could describe a lot of early comedies
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76 years ago...
Citizen Kane (1941)
Director: Orson Welles
Country: United States
Length: 119 minutes
Type: Drama, Political, Alternate-History
My (still current) obsession with all things
Orson Welles started back in 2001. I was a big fan of
The White Stripes (Jack White is also obsessed by Welles) and on their album of that year they had a genius song called
'The Union Forever' which features lyrics constructed (almost) entirely from
'Citizen Kane' quotes.
It's a film that gets better and richer on every viewing and I've had many over the years. This time I noticed the interesting parallels between Charles F. Kane and Donald J. Trump. A narcissistic millionaire with a media and real-estate empire, who inherits a fortune, uses it to run for high political office and threatens to jail his opponent. Kane puts out "fake news" that the polls were rigged when he loses and Trump did the same, even though he won
. Scenes from the film are routinely used (and misused) as political memes in our modern internet age.
'Citizen Kane' is a marvel on all creative and technical levels. It's been said that it features more FXshots than Star Wars. Every opportunity is taken to make shots in some way unique, different and dazzling, in service of plot and character. The labyrinthine flashback structure, weaving together faked-newsreels, documentary style interviews and dramatic scenes, is so fluid and easily comprehensible that it's an astonishing feat of editing. The film's title has become a byword for excellence
"The Citizen Kane of..." and it's often cited as the greatest film ever made. I would probably vote for a few others but it's definitely still a contender for that accolade.
Another Barbara Stanwyck film next, hurray!