Citizen Kane is a very impressive movie. The plot is a little lacking, personally, but the thought put into every aspect of the film is just amazing. For example, when we see Kane as a young boy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX-EJ8BCCTU&feature=related
This part of the film employs tracking, a relatively new tactic for filming at the moment. Also, placement and actions of young Kane while arguments are going on inside is key in Kane's character. We see that he is oblivious of his mother's plan to send him away from her guard. It turns out she doesn't love him as much as he hopes. Towards the end of the clip we see Kane's evil glare. This is a major turning point in the film, even early on. Kane's childlike happiness change into adultlike greed and a hunger for power. The scene closes on Kane's beloved sled being covered with inches of snow. His childhood is definitely being left behind.
I hope someday to be a film director; hopefully as influential and revolutionary as John Ford, the director of Citizen Kane.
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I agree with you about Kane's mother. In her only scene she seemed very distant and reserved, concerned mainly about profit and not about Kane's well being. I think this is central to his character and shaped his need for material things. Great job!
I would have to agree that the techniques used in the making of this film are exceptional to those of the time. I also think Welles did a great job setting up the initial conflict in Kane's life (leaving home). He had shots that put the viewers right in the action which makes for a great movie. Unfortunately, these "new and improved" techniques weren't enough to sell this movie for me... The plot was ingenious but the ending was a buzz kill in my opinion. A sled? Seriously? Oh well.
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