Orson Welles’ cinematic masterpiece, “Citizen Kane,” has left an indelible mark on the history of filmmaking. Released in 1941, this groundbreaking film is a testament to the creativ...Read More
Citizen Kane (1941) from the mind of Orson Welles tells the story of Charles Kane, a newspaper tycoon based off the real life William Randolph Hearst. What made this film so revolutionary for its time...Read More
“I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle—a missing piece.” Thompson Citizen Kane is not the traditional narrative driven sto...Read More
The YouTube video attached below is very informative on how the film Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) utilizes many of the techniques we have learned about in class. In particular, it explains how differ...Read More
Webpage of an article studying spatial narrative in the film “Parasite” This paper examines the spatial narrative structure in the South Korean movie “Parasite” by analyzing the physic...Read More
This is my second time watching this film and I think I finally got to appreciate it a little bit instead of trying to figure out what is going on in the story. I think this confusion comes from the n...Read More
Orson Welles’ 1941 film, Citizen Kane, has grown to be a remarkably influential pillar of modern cinema. The contents of the film are generally based on the life of American news tycoon William Rand...Read More
Citizen Kane’s narrative combines flashbacks, which, although commonplace now, was a bold attempt in Hollywood at the time. The film begins and ends with shots of the distant view of Xanadu. The ope...Read More
This article, written by Alice George in 2021 for the Smithsonian, discusses the enduring legacy and impact of Orson Welles’ revolutionary film “Citizen Kane” on its 80th anniversary...Read More