his abundant energy with an enthusiasm for life. He tried everything and was not afraid to take risks and to suffer the consequences of failures as well as the acclaims of success. 	While‚ some critics say that Welles could never top "Citizen Kane"‚ such movies as "The Trial"‚ "Touch of Evil"‚ and "The Lady from Shanghai" are considered classics and monumental feats in cinema production. However‚ movies like "The Stranger"‚ "Chimes at Midnights"
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that the meaning for this word was the name of a snow sled that a young boy wanted but couldn’t really get back. This pictured on a drama film in the 1940’s called “Citizen Kane” that was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and starred by a man named Orson Wells. It is believed that this artifact was just an allusion to the only time Mr. Kane (Orson Wells) was truly happy in his childhood. I think this is a significant item because growing up he got everything he wanted then lost it‚ but this particular
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The film “Citizen Kane” used many different types of aesthetics to portray the scenes and characters in certain ways. The movie used music to help show what emotion the viewer should be getting from certain scenes. “Citizen Kane” had the characters dress in certain ways to show the differences in what their lives were like at certain points in the movie. These elements in the film help the audience contextualize what the characters are supposed to be like. The film also used different sound effects
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(1936)‚ swashbucklers like The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939)‚ or musicals like Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)” (203). However‚ despite this new technology‚ a film did not have to use color in order to be considered of quality. Orson Welles’ 1941 Citizen Kane‚ for instance‚ was shot in black and white‚ despite the advent of color film in the previous decade. While it is possible this decision was made for budgetary reasons‚ the use of black and white dramatically accentuated the shadowy‚ mysterious
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something he couldn’t get‚ or something he lost” (Citizen Kane). The first motif; a rosebud‚ a representation of security‚ hope and the innocence of childhood. The rose presented within the film serves as a symbolic code towards the protagonist ‘Kanes’ value‚ which contextually we see he looses throughout life. Through close ups and low angle shots‚ the emblem of a rosebud is depicted. The movie begins with a frame of Kanes home in Xanadu‚ where Kanes lips mutter rosebud and he lets go of the snow
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When conducting an interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering
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primarily he gained a lot of praise for his radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. Besides this Welle’s filmography is probably what he is most well known for with such films as Touch of Evil‚ The Magnificent Amerbsons‚ and of course Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane to this date is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made however the film itself and Welles only received a best screenplay award. Welle’s was essentially a director ahead of his time who utilized the art of mise en scene to add further
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betrayal. 1941- Citizen Kane Director- Orson Wells This film was one of the earliest film noir’s produced and was budgeted at $800‚000. Wells was the director‚ star and producer. Wells also collaborated with Herman J. Mankiewicz and John Houseman who is unaccredited with the film on the script. It débuted on May 1‚ 1941 in New York City after an intense investigation by the F.B.I. The late release and investigation was due to the many similarities between the fictional character Kane and the life
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traumatic to one’s growing and beliefs. Even if they are able to live past the experience‚ and grow from it‚ there’s no doubt that their genesis made some sort of influence on their development. In Orson Welles’s fictional film‚ Citizen Kane‚ the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ starts off in a humble home with his mother and father. In result of coming into a small fortune‚ his parents make the decision to send Charles off to live with a wealthy Wall-Street tycoon named Walter Parks Thature whom he
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n discussing Citizen Kane‚ Charles Higham mentioned "artistic cheats‚" flaws in credibility whereby characters in scenes gave information about which they couldn’t possibly have full detailed knowledge. Sunset Boulevard’s entire point of view is based on a gimmick. Whether one considers it an "artistic cheat" or a valid and audacious device depends up his ability and desire to suspend his disbelief. The problem of point of view in Sunset Boulevard is especially germane. Sunset Boulevard begins
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