Let's Talk About Citizen Kane

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Permalink Reply by Richie Millennium on September 20, 2008 at 10:51am

I can relate, staahsha. I was dumbfounded the first time I watched it - I jumped on the web almost immediately just to make sure I had correctly determined what Rosebud meant. I was terribly underwhelmed. I think that I lack appreciation for the movie because I don't have a decent perspective of what movies were like before Citizen Kane, so all of the innovations and monumental moments are completely lost on me.

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Permalink Reply by YnEoS on February 15, 2009 at 7:39pm

They were lost on viewers of the time period as well. Citizen Kane wasn't recognized as being a great film until a while after it was made.

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Permalink Reply by Srujan on February 15, 2009 at 5:43pm

To start, Citizen Kane was very technically advanced at lowest possible cost and brought some groundbreaking techniques which are a cliche now... I have to say this... definitely not an extraordinary story but was elevated due to its screenplay... really innovative way of telling the story.... more of style than substance ...
Staahsha ... i had the same expression after viewing it.. i couldn't understand the greatest movie ever status...

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Permalink Reply by staahsha on February 15, 2009 at 5:55pm

Yeah, even after I studied it in my film class, I was still underwhelmed. Although I guess I have a more knowledgeable appreciation of it.

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