"Orson Welles" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 2 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Citizen Kane In 1941‚ the dramatic film Citizen Kane was released by first time director‚ Orson Welles. Welles once said‚ “A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” With the attitude Welles had in directing‚ it brought him heavy burden filled with controversy amongst newspaper mongrel William Randolph Hearst‚ movie director Howard Hughes and Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull for the adaptation of these three personalities in the character‚ Kane. Upon Citizen

    Premium Citizen Kane Orson Welles

    • 444 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Rachel Morrell - Film Studies Practice Essay “Citizen Kane Involves us in a stream of conscious chronological narrative dance” - Dan Jardaine. Discuss Orson Welles’ narrative choices and how they relate to the film’s title. Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane employs a conventional narrative structure combined with a rounded group of sequences throughout the film. These portray Kane’s life and create a three dimensional character. The effect of which being that the viewer is more drawn to the identity

    Premium Citizen Kane William Randolph Hearst Orson Welles

    • 1121 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    and blood.” In 1946‚ Ruth Warrick spoke these powerful words as Emily Monroe Norton Kane in the film Citizen Kane. The setting for her line is a full breakfast table that she shares with her husband Charles Kane (Orson Welles) at the beginning of their day. Warrick is referring to Welles’ character being out late the night before while working on his newspaper. We know this part of the narrative to be aptly spoken for the timing of the film‚ because it reflects the lack of commitment that Kane has

    Premium Citizen Kane Orson Welles English-language films

    • 660 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    A Touch of Evil (1958) is a dark film noir melodrama from director Orson Welles who also stars as corrupt police chief Hank Quinlan. A Touch of Evil takes place in a small Mexican-American border town. Particularly handsome Charlton Heston is nicely tanned to play the role of Mexican born narcotics investigator Mike Vargas. His wife Susan‚ an American blond beauty played by Janet Leigh makes the other policemen envious of Mike. Moreover‚ this murky sinister thriller is a classic film study in police

    Premium American television actors Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock

    • 1563 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    now a days‚ followed by continuity of change‚ and last the materialistic country that we have today. From chapter 36 we chose the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F.Scott Fitzgerald and from chapter 37 the movie “Kane Campaigning in Citizen Cane” by Orson Welles. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a well known author and was considered one of best American writers of the 20th century‚ most of his work ranged from short stories and novels. In 1924 he wrote the novel called “The Great Gatsby". In this period of time

    Premium F. Scott Fitzgerald Orson Welles Citizen Kane

    • 659 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    film. In most aspects‚ Orson Welles was the most interesting and fascinating character. It was almost as if I had wanted to learn more about him for a really long time and I never had. It was very well put together and had some great stories. It seemed that I made the similarity of Orson to Marilyn Monroe. I am not a scholar on Marilyn‚ but I know that she was groundbreaking woman of her time and that she questioned how things as were done as a woman. I think that Orson did mostly that‚ aside

    Premium Orson Welles Citizen Kane

    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Citizen Hearst: A Comparison of William Randolph Hearst and Citizen Kane Orson Welles was undoubtedly one of the most talented filmmakers of his time. Along with the innovative camerawork and advanced cinematic techniques that made Citizen Kane a success‚ Welles also allowed for viewers to connect with his film by providing them with a real life example of the main character. Citizen Kane owned a massive estate called Xanadu that was based upon Hearst’s San Simeon. Kane and Hearst were also

    Premium William Randolph Hearst Citizen Kane Orson Welles

    • 1246 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Randolph Hearst. Citizen Kane was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and acted out by Orson Welles in 1941‚ by Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) studios . The movie appears to be unanimously popular both in the day it was produced and even more so today. The film techniques used were due to the fact that Welles was an amateur‚ and his camera man was adventurous. Citizen Kane is a fascinating movie that saddens the heart. Orson Welles plays the lead role of Charles Foster Kane‚ a newspaper tycoon renowned for his

    Premium Citizen Kane William Randolph Hearst Orson Welles

    • 1486 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Benjamin Graffam 20th Century Novel and Film F-Block Mrs. Possemato October 7‚ 2016 Citizen Kane: A Marriage Like Any Other Citizen Kane is a film directed by Orson Welles‚ released in 1941. The film follows and analyzes the life of Charles Foster Kane. Consequently‚ it is discovered that throughout Kane’s life‚ he was searching for love and appreciation. However‚ Kane had none to give‚ causing his efforts to be doomed from the start. This becomes very apparent in a scene involving Kane and

    Premium Orson Welles Citizen Kane

    • 1386 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Citizen Kane

    • 873 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Citizen Kane is often regarded as the greatest American film of all time. It expertly executes many different aspects of film making as an art form. Orson Wells used a new style of shot framing called Mise en Scene to show the dynamics in a scene. He also used lighting in ways that had never been used before. As the star of the movie as well‚ Orson Wells delivers an all time great performance as Kane. All these things add up to create one of the greatest movies to ever grace the silver screen.

    Premium Citizen Kane Orson Welles

    • 873 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50