The Rise (and Inevitable Fall) of Citizen Kane

Post by mstade » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 11:15 PM UTC

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I think it’s damn near impossible to pick a single favorite film, but if you put a gun to my head and force me I’ll say Casablanca every day of the week. I think it’s one of those films where I’d say it’s the exact opposite to your description of Citizen Kane; the individual components aren’t necessarily all that great if you start to examine them closely, but when it all comes together I think it’s pure cinematic go…

Casablanca is also my favorite. Half the lines in the film are quotable. Love the ending. It's just excellent.

Captain Renault is such a great character, and I absolutely love the friendship/rivalry thing going on between him and Rick. Really ties the whole film together I feel, and I wholeheartedly agree with you that the ending is simply excellent!

Post by etempleton » Sat, Dec 05, 2020, 11:33 PM UTC

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I have never particularly enjoyed Citizen Kane. To me, and this is just my opinion, it is a film where all of the component parts—acting, cinematography, sound, etc—are brilliant, but are somehow less than the sum of their parts. If you take any individual component and focus on it you are blown away by the craftsmanship, but as a cohesive film, I feel, it just doesn’t come together as well as many of the other films…

Said and done. I made myself an old fashion and watched Citizen Kane tonight, and I have to agree with your review. It's a fine piece of art, certainly well produced for the time, but frankly I just didn't really get into the story. It doesn't feel like a cohesive whole. The prologue was so long and on the nose that it was pretty clear from the get go that rosebud was (spoiler alert!) the sled, and then I felt the re…

Glad you were able to finally watch it. It is certainly a film worth seeing. I perhaps will watch it again sometime in the near future. I always want to like it more than I do.

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