Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Citizen Kane

This cinematic revolution introduced the motion of the camera as a jaw dropping phenomena that would change the viewers and producers experience in film forever. Personally, the film was a bit dry and drawn out, but seeing the difference the movement of view being the camera made it really got me to watch this film with a different, more open perspective. One of the more amazing things about the film is Orson Welles who starred, produced, wrote, and directed the movie. For one man to do these things, along with the struggle of these many roles, to then have the creative thinking to shock the audience with the movement of the camera inspires and resonates with me. Its amazing to witness the seemingly impossible done and this film was nothing short of that. The movie begins with Citizen Kane, a man into the newspaper magnate Hearst and slowly changes his subject from idealistic social service to a man hunting power.  He proves to be good with the camera and is offered a job in Hollywood where he sets out his career of film making.  Its always great to see revolutionary discoveries of any field and I can see through what I have witnessed with movies before Citizen Kane how amazed the people in the audience actually were.

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