When does a hero become a villain? What defines a character as a hero or a villain? A cape and tights? An evil plot? This is not necessarily the case in what contributes to this distinction between the two. In both “Metropolis” and “Citizen Kane”‚ a narrative of heroism and villainy is presented and developed. These films address these topics of heroism and villainy‚ are defined by the people who experience the hero or villain. In some aspects‚ it is clear who is the hero in the story and who is
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Citizen Kane is an American drama film released in 1941. It follows the life of the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ and the investigation into “rosebud” – the last word spoken before his death. Kane was a wealthy newspaper tycoon who lived a reserved lifestyle; he had many possessions but isolated himself from the public eye wherever possible towards the end of his life. The director’s portrayal of the films main themes are shown in such a way that a Year 12 group of students would be able to
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In Rushmore and Citizen Kane‚ both protagonists are very determined to achieve their goal. Despite having very different settings‚ the unique characteristics of these two movies are very similar. In both films‚‚ the missing mother figure for both protagonist is very significant‚ as they try to fill that void with something. Also their action is very unique as it ruins their social life and cause the drastic events. The missing mother figure in both films impact them differently‚ yet they try to
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Citizen Kane – The Characters that Surround Charles Foster Kane was a man of an egotistical behavior. Since he was robbed of his child hood‚ he never fully received the love and skipped out on the upbringing of being a child. This in turn stuck with him as he grew‚ believing that he could buy the love of the people through money and manipulation. He pursuit of power and control impacts his life negatively as he pushes everyone that loves him away like Susan. Kane evokes a sense of sympathy‚ as
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looking at the film Citizen Kane‚ it uses mise-en-scene to help paint a better picture throughout the film. Mise-en-scene‚ better known as staging‚ is the overall look and feel of a movie (Barsam;Monahan p.542) The first example that comes to mind when thinking about mise-en-scene is when Charles Kane Foster is running for office‚ he is giving a speech and in the background is a large poster of his face. For the majority of the film there are very few shots taken where Kane is not present somehow
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when I saw Citizen Kane the first time. When it was over I couldn’t believe my reaction. My hands were shaking‚ my palms and arm pits sweaty. I felt my heart race like a jackhammer and I knew I more than watched a movie‚ I experienced one. True‚ I didn’t understand all the complexities of Kane‚ but I understood the phenomenal acting and fantastic drama. Years later I would understand more‚ but in that moment at 13 I saw storytelling for more than a two-dimensional celluloid. Citizen Kane really wasn’t
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Citizen Kane-Cinematography Citizen Kane is about a man who is given the chance to be successful and he is but he dies with his last words being rosebud but what does this mean‚ people are trying to find out. In the end we find out it’s the sledge‚ which symbolises his childhood that he lost. Orson Welles created a new style of filmmaking by as he said himself in interview “ignorance.... sheer ignorance” One innovative aspect Citizen Kane introduced was deep focus because in lots of scenes
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Citizen Kane‚ directed by Orson Welles‚ is considered to still be one of the world’s greatest movies ever produced. Citizen Kane is a powerful dramatic tale about the uses and abuses of wealth and power. It’s a classic American tragedy about a man of great passion‚ vision‚ and greed‚ who pushes himself until he brings ruins to himself and all around him. From the scene depicting Kane’s meeting Jim Gettys‚ the audience observes that Kane has aborted his youthful ambitions and has become self-absorbed
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COM/220 Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices and Argumentation August 4‚ 2010 Mike Smith The” Citizen Kane” speech given by Charles Foster Kane in 1941‚ who was campaigning for Governor starts off his speech by addressing his audience‚ attacking his opponent by using various fallacies of illogical argument.. First he starts off with blaming “boss Jim W. Getty and his political machine” the techniques that are used here are for the propose of making himself appear stronger‚ in his views and political agendas
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Citizen Kane‚ a classic American dramatic film‚ is considered to be the ultimate classic masterpiece and the world ’s most famous and highest rated film‚ as it is ranked the number one best film of all time. It was the first movie Orson Welles‚ a theatrical genius‚ co-wrote‚ directed‚ and produced at only an age of twenty-five years. The subject of this movie is the life of Charles Foster Kane‚ known as Citizen Kane‚ which is played by Welles himself. Dating back to 1941‚ Citizen Kane set a high
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