Citizen Kane [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Citizen Kane [VHS]
Movie Review: never recieved my order
Summary: 1 Stars
I never recieved my order. I emailed the seller three time with no responce. I have left a negative feedback and placed a claim. In the future I will take a close look at all sellers I deal with in Amazon.comMovie Review: The Best of the Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1941, after Orson Welles had already made a splash in theater and radio, he headed for Hollywood. The 26-year old whiz kid decided to take on another big name, newspaperman William Randolf Hearst. His first film, Citizen Kane, would be a satire on Hearst's life. Not only would Welles star in the film, but he would also direct and co-write it. Although the film was almost destroyed forever, it can still rightly be called the one of the greatest movies ever made!
The film opens by the deathbed of newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) just in time to hear his dying word: "Rosebud". What is Rosebud? That's the question reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) wants answered by any means necessary. Thompson sets out to investigate first-hand accounts of Kane and interview the people who knew him best. Told through flashbacks, Kane's life unfolds from his childhood, his rise to wealth and power in the mass media, his scandalous political career, two disastrous marriages, and his eventual fall. From these events, Thompson tries to piece together Kane's life and solve the mystery of what Rosebud truly is...
With the making of this film, Hearst was outraged. Hearst and Welles were on a collision course and their two enormous egos clashed. Hearst banned any mention of the film in his media empire and vowed to have the film destroyed and Welles' future career ruined. Fortunately, the latter two did not happen exactly as planned (although neither of them were quite the same afterward), and Citizen Kane survived to be the great film we all know today.
The film is innovative in its use of light and shadow, its non-linear style of storytelling, and Welles' incredible make-up job. He looks totally believable as Charles Foster Kane in all the stages of his adult life. All the shots were meticulously planned and nothing at all was wasted.
The two-disc set of Citizen Kane not only contains the classic film, but also two full-length audio commentaries, storyboards and newsreels, and a two hour documentary called "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" produced by the PBS series, The American Experience. What more could you ask for?
Overall, this film is essential viewing for any movie fan. I couldn't recommend it any more! 5 stars!
Movie Review: The most overrated film in history.
Summary: 1 Stars
First, let me say that if film critics had a full proof method for judging films then they'd all agree on every movie, but of course as we all know, they don't. This proves that it all comes down to taste and that a critic's taste -on average- is no better or worse than anyone elses. This film, for some inexplicable reason, has been built up over the years by the pretentious set as an icon of cinematic excellence. These are the same type of people who probably think Pablo Picasso was a great artist. Not because they have the intellect or taste to judge him a great artist, but because other misguided people have influenced their weak minds. It is time for the truly reasonable among us to finally stand up and proclaim that,"The Emperor is not wearing any clothes!" In other words, Citizen Kane is an extremely boring, dated and grossly overrated film that was a commercial failure in its day.(It lost its studio,RKO, $150,000) Which just goes to show, people had much better taste back then. Movie Review: The Great American Tragedy
Summary: 5 Stars
This film isn't for everyone.
Citizen Kane is an anomaly in the history of film. Orson Welles came to Hollywood, a fervent, raging 24 year old theater and radio prodigy with no film background whatever. He created in one film a tragedy meant to be larger in scope and power than any Shakespeare play, a film that would draw on the human need to piece together someone from stories and recollections (a non linear narrative- no film had ever been made in this way before), a film that would use every cinematic device available to tell it's story. No studio ever gave a new director (or any director) this much power, and never had any new director seized on a such a complete vision for how to make a film in such a new way. The script by Herman Mankiewicz used the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst as it's main body, and this ignited a terrible battle of wills between Welles and Hearst. The included documentary 'the battle over Citizen Kane' is crucial in understanding these 2 men. Because the ultimate irony here is that the message of the lone businessman who runs off everyone in his search for love is really not Hearst's story at all, but Welles'. Welles lost all his clout, sank into obscurity, became an industry joke, and died. He became the bitter recluse, his onscreen creation. That's the real tragedy, here.
Movie Review: A must see for the cinema buff, but worthwhile for everyone.
Summary: 5 Stars
This film's impact on media is so far reaching that it is a must see on that basis alone. It sets the bar and gives inspiration for writing, cinematography, composition, and editing for the creatively inclined. If you've got more than a passing interest in movies, you should see this film.