Citizen Kane
1941 | Drama | USA | Directed by Orson Welles
Overview
Welles, twenty five, made the film that tops most greatest lists: deep focus photography, overlapping dialogue, and a fractured investigation of a magnate told through the mystery of Rosebud. RKO gave him total control and he spent it on technique cinema never outgrew. Nominated for nine Oscars, it won only screenplay. William Randolph Hearst tried to bury it, ensuring immortality.
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