Essays Tagged: "Citizen Kane"

"Citizen Kane"

Gary StevensEnglish 52/ Film as Lit.P. Jeffrey Clark3-3-97Citizen KaneThere are many movies that could be considered to be thegreatest movies of all time. The ...

(5 pages) 223 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Charles Foster Kane - Who Was he?

l-rounded essay on Kane's life. Very well doneCharles Foster Kane - Who Was He? The story of Citizen Kane drew many people to the theatres since they wanted to find out who this Kane fellow is ... e can see Kane as a depressed, unsatisfied man brought up with power and greed but no love. Overall Citizen Kane was a mysterious man with ambitions to become famous, a lover to things and people, and ...

(3 pages) 63 0 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Emergence of Violence in American Cinema

n in films since the start of movie making. From Orson Wells tearing up his estranged wives room in Citizen Kane to Anthony Perkins slicing up Vivian Leigh in Psycho, violence has always been present ...

(6 pages) 333 4 4.6 Aug/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Hello, My Name is Orson Welles

ngles and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a certain predictable way. In Citizen Kane, he used the announcer in 'News on the March' to introduce the subject and main charact ...

(6 pages) 81 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Citizen Kane: Lost Childhood

KANE'S LOST CHILDHOODCitizen Kane is one of the most famous movies ever made. The movie tells thestory of a child who inh ... lofty dreams left unrealized as the starkunfinished corridors of Xanidu witness his final thoughts.Citizen Kane has many themes in it but the loss of a childhood and the lack of lovefrom his mother a ...

(4 pages) 81 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A critical analysis of Orson Welles' masterpeice, "Citizen Kane."

A Fledgling's MasterpeiceCitizen Kane is widely hailed as the "great American film" and with good reason. From its complex na ... icture remains one of the most innovative movies ever to come out of a Hollywood studio. Even Today Citizen Kane stands out as one of the great films of all time.Unfolding almost entirely in flashback ... main character. In response Hearst and his newspapers employed all their influence to try and stop Citizen Kane's 1941 release.John O'Hara of Newsweek addresses just this controversy in his review of ...

(4 pages) 222 1 4.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A thematic analysis of "Citizen Kane" .

When people suggest that "Citizen Kane" might be the greatest movie ever made, they aren't just talking about how Orson Welles ... n while it would still be a superb stylistic achievement, it would not be enduring art. What makes "Citizen Kane" such a great work of art, is Welles' dedication to detail to insure that every frame, ... ot just a theatrical motivation but attempts to show the fundamental truth of the human experience."Citizen Kane" is one of the richest audiovisual experiences in the history of the cinema. The expres ...

(5 pages) 197 1 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Naturalism in Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane expounds on the naturalistic philosophy by showing the hopelessness of a sound marriage ... igsaw puzzles as an escape from the cold and sterile situation that has estranged husband and wife (Citizen Kane "Y Textual Analysis of the Picnic Scene)."She later admits that Kane has "never given h ... wer to his question. This hopeless search for the meaning of rosebud further supports naturalism.Citizen Kane illustrates the naturalistic philosophy by showing the hopelessness of a high-quality m ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.2 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Citizen Kane: Film Analysis

The film Citizen Kane by Orson Welles, opens with a picture of a castle with a windowthat has a light turned ... way to show how Kane suffered from his childhood, and connect it tohis inability to be a happy man.Citizen Kane allows people to see what it is like when someone has everything materiel,but can't see ...

(2 pages) 83 0 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Citizen Kane: Intrusion of Privacy

Chris DunbarProfessor JamesEnglish 101A14 October 2003Citizen Kane:Intrusion of PrivacyThe movie, Citizen Kane, gave its audience many interesting and cre ... nds the film looking at the "NO TRESPASSING" sign. The sign, of course, had no effect on the camera.Citizen Kane shows that the media and cameras have the ability to go wherever they please. They can ...

(5 pages) 54 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Mind Control || The satire in "Citizen Kane"

The famous classic Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles, lashes out at the way we are affected by the mass media. The film pai ... face of their opponent, and everyone votes for them. The elections become a popularity contest. In Citizen Kane, Kane was doing well in the elections because he was so well known through his own news ... s newspaper. Any person can become famous, as long as the media tells us that they deserve the fame.Citizen Kane attacks the gullibility of the general public, pointing out how easily it can be taken ...

(2 pages) 48 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Citizen Kane: Analysis of the 'Picnic Scene'

the film and examine it closely, paying attention to both narrative content and filmic techniques."Citizen Kane, directed, produced by and starring Orson Welles is famous for its remarkable scenes, c ... ome clear, but unfortunately it never does. The use of long takes and short cuts in this scene show Citizen Kane's unconventional emphasis on montage and mise-en-scène. The music and sound effe ...

(5 pages) 89 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Citizen Kane: Summary

The film Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, is a grand example of how a man can be corrupted by wealth. ... to see how wealth changes, not only Kane's ideals, but his actions and how he perceives the world. Citizen Kane is the story of a man's failed intent to make the world better because of the corruptio ... to return to his sled, his childhood, to return to the beginning when wealth has yet to corrupt him.Citizen Kane is set at a time in American History where the world is changing and money is at the ce ...

(4 pages) 95 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comedy and Tragedy in Alan Moore's "Watchmen"

h of a costumed vigilante (read: "super-hero") called The Comedian. Watchmen is to comic books what Citizen Kane is to cinema in more ways than one--besides having the reputation of being the best pie ... American sequential art ever produced (certainly the best of the superhero genre), Watchmen mirrors Citizen Kane in its structure--starting with the death of a central character and working backwards. ...

(4 pages) 49 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Various compositions demonstrated in Citizen Kane

"Citizen Kane is often called the greatest film ever made. With close examination of the opening scen ... enes, discuss the significant artistic features and cinematic techniques that led to this response."Citizen Kane is often called the greatest film ever made. Its use of film techniques often taken for ... what they are seeing and are used at other times throughout the film.Realism is a major reason why "Citizen Kane" stands out from other films of the time. However, it is the way realism and theatrical ...

(6 pages) 75 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Movie report On Citizen Kane

's highest honor, the D.W. Griffith Award, his name would only come to be synonymous with one film, Citizen Kane, a masterpiece that many lauded as the best film ever made in the black and white era. ... the most profitable motion picture contract and had full financing from RKO Pictures for the movie Citizen Kane. Welles was a revered ambitious and bold young man. He set out to show the life of Will ...

(4 pages) 59 1 4.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Citizen Kane Analysis

Many critics consider "Citizen Kane" to be the greatest movie of all time, and with all reason to conclude so. After all, i ... us impact on the movie industry, as the camera took positions that were previously unknown. Before "Citizen Kane," the camera tended to film "context shots." The audience would be exposed to things th ... uld be exposed to things that a human observer may not have noticed, but seemed natural on screen. "Citizen Kane" introduced a camera view that no human would see otherwise. It would notice two things ...

(3 pages) 88 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

The Movie That Tranformed an Industry.

Orson Welles' 1941 film, "Citizen Kane", is a powerful dramatic tale about the uses and abuses of wealth and power. It is a cl ... but he ends up pushing too much, causing the eventual ruin of himself and all around him. Although Citizen Kane is known for having one of the greatest storylines of all time, it is the production as ... known for having one of the greatest storylines of all time, it is the production aspect that makes Citizen Kane so memorable. The movie is a visual masterpiece, a horde of enlightening camera angles ...

(4 pages) 29 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Film Noir and German Expressionism in: "Batman" and "Citizen Kane"

In the films, "Batman" (1989), directed by Tim Burton, and "Citizen Kane" (1941), directed by Orson Welles, there are many Codes and Structures of German Expres ... able to tell Vicki that he is Batman with Vicki's trust that she will not tell anyone.In the film "Citizen Kane", the institution of the American family is both similar and dissimilar. The beginning ... , which is a weakness. Joker also does not treat woman with the respect that they deserve.The film "Citizen Kane" treats masculinity by showing Charles Foster Kane as a powerful man who knows how to t ...

(4 pages) 33 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Citizen Kane" is a story of failure brought about by success

"Citizen Kane is the story of failure brought about by success." The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane ...

(3 pages) 25 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis