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romantico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 04:57 PM
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Just watched 'Citizen Kane'last night for the first time!
I know,I know!Its one film I never saw for some reason.I got the dvd for Christmas & just watched it last night.I LOVED it!On the dvd,there is a documentary that is awsome!Never knew about the Kane being William Hearst!The film has left me in a daze.I find that all I want to do is talk about it.Whats amazing is,the story is not at all dated.As a matter of fact,it sounds like this could easily happen today!I love this movie so much now,I may watch it again next weekend!

I LOVED 'Touch of Evil"Thats the only Oreon Wells film I havd seen before Kane.I also listend to my War of the Worlds cd last night.Lets face it,Wells was ahead of his time!
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 04:59 PM
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1. I grew up watching Citizen Kane on TV
Rosebud...

Anyway, for a real kick, rent the movie War of the Worlds. It has every cliche in the book, but it's done beautifully. I love the thing.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:00 PM
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2. Also,
If you're truly a romantico, check out Wells' Jane Eyre. When he was slender. Very sexy.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:02 PM
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3. That is one bad ass movie. May I also suggest
Edited on Mon Mar-22-04 05:05 PM by SMIRKY_W_BINLADEN
The Great Dictator (Chaplin). I recently started getting into classic movies.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:02 PM
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4. Welles was a genius, no doubt about it
Welcome to the world of Kane appreciation! It is an incredible film. I love Ebert's commentary on it.

Truly a brilliant movie, and I"m glad you've finally found it and have enjoyed it so much.

And yes, it is a very timeless story in the tradition of all great masterpieces of art.
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:03 PM
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5. Don't forget The Third Man. Great line from Citizen Kane:
Edited on Mon Mar-22-04 05:04 PM by AP
BERNSTEIN
We just had a wire from Cuba, Mr. Kane -
(stops, embarrassed)

KANE
That's all right. We have no secrets
from our readers. Mr. Thatcher is
one of our most devoted readers, Mr.
Bernstein. He knows what's wrong with
every issue since I've taken charge.
What's the cable?

BERNSTEIN
(reading)
The food is marvelous in Cuba the
senoritas are beautiful stop I could
send you prose poems of palm trees and
sunrises and tropical colors blending in
far off landscapes but don't feel right
in spending your money for this stop
there's no war in Cuba regards Wheeler.

THATCHER
You see! There hasn't been a true word -

KANE
I think we'll have to send our friend
Wheeler a cable, Mr. Bernstein. Of
course, we'll have to make it shorter
than his, because he's working on an
expense account and we're not. Let
me see -
(snaps his fingers)
Mike!

MIKE
(a fairly tough customer
prepares to take dictation,
his mouth still full of food)
Go ahead, Mr. Kane.

KANE
Dear Wheeler -
(pauses a moment)
You provide the prose poems - I'll
provide the war.


Laughter from the boys and girls at the table.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:04 PM
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6. That's my dad's favorite movie of all time
:thumbsup:
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:04 PM
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7. Good choice!
The people who find Citizen Kane boring are responding to the fact that Welles pioneered many movie techniques that are in common use today. If you don't know your film history, the movie looks rather routine, but if you do know your film history, you're stunned at how Welles made this innovative film--at age 25.
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romantico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:11 PM
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8. What I love about Wells
is that he's a cocky sonof a bitch & he makes no excuses about it!He IS Kane!I really njoyed the documentary & how Hearst tried to stop the film.Even with all his money & power,he couldn't stop the demad for it.Theres a very nice message in there somewhere!
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 07:29 PM
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15. Yep...
John Toland, the cinematographer, pioneered "deep focus" cinematography in Citizen Kane. It was a major step forward in the truly visual aspect of film, allowing foreground and background objects to appear sharp and well defined. It took some serious work on Toland's part, but helped liberate the medium from its long-standing two-dimensional "theatrical" look.

CK's a technical as well as dramatic classic. Amazing film; Welles never quite got the chance to repeat it in full. More's the pity.

Here's to ya, big guy!

:toast:
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:18 PM
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9. Get 'Lady from Shanghai'
Edited on Mon Mar-22-04 05:19 PM by emulatorloo
terrific mystery with an amazing sequence in a hall of mirrors.

Also see the late, very low budget, 'Mr. Arkadin.' Made on a shoestring, similar to Kane in that it is about a mysterious wealthy man.

If you like Touch of Evil, you might like those. . .
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:29 PM
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10. Excellent movie...extremely tellin' of the reality of controled media.....
ROSEBUD! :evilgrin:
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:33 PM
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11. Wonderful film
I love the scene where he's filming Joseph Cotten and he's dug up the floor and put the camera in the hole just to get these great shots. and the scene where the journo goes to interview the ex-wife and the camera swoops down over the roof and through the skylight. And... oh, too many things. A masterpiece.
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U of M Dem 07 Donating Member (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:33 PM
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12. In high school
we watched it in segments in my English class. I got really into it, I knew of the movie, but I had never seen it or heard the plot before. The day before we were supposed to see the end of the movie, the Peanuts comic strip had a joke in it that told the end! I was SO mad... I still really enjoyed the movie, though. :)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 05:34 PM
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13. Too funny, I just finished watching it the first time in film class today
"You're too old to be called anything else!"
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 07:21 PM
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14. "Quote, singer, unquote"
Mt favorite line from this classic.

:evilgrin:
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 07:29 PM
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16. What's cool is that, for being a deep-dish classic film, Kane is great fun
Many classic movies require that you really bring something to the viewing, and perhaps endure some unpleasantness or arcane stuff -- not so "Citizen Kane" -- it's enjoyable from the get-go, even the darker parts; it feels giddy, like a kind of crazy ride.

Congrats on finally viewing one of the greats, romantico! :toast:
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