The movie opens with an unforgettable image of a distant, foggy rook on a hill. Its a classic gothic shot, and goes a long way towards establishing the movies mood. We quickly learn that this place, called Xanadu, is the dwelling of Americas Kubla Khan, Charles shelter Kane, a one-time newspaper owner who could have become president if not for an affair. Xanadu, in the words of the newsreel that gives a brief write up of Kanes life, is the costliest monument of a man to himself.
Within moments of the films opening, Kane is dead, uttering the word Rosebud as he hunches over. His death, like his life, is a big news event, and the paper he owned, the New York Inquirer, is desperate to discover the meaning of his last word. Is it a woman he bedded? A horse he bet on? A beloved pet? some long-lost love? This Rosebud obviously is the macguffin for the picture Citizen Kane.
After showing Kanes death, Citizen Kane presents a ten-minute newsreel that enlarge the mans larger-than-life accomplishments. Then a reporter from the Inquirer launchpad into Kanes past to learn the meaning of Rosebud, the famous mans history is unraveled done a series of extended flashbacks that represent the sometimes-overlapping, non- chronological accounts of tailfin eyewitnesses.
As the story unfolds, we see Kane, aided by his c digest together(predicate) friend, Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotton), build a nationwide newspaper empire unwrap of one small paper with a circulation of less than 30,000. To do so, he displays equal parts ruthlessness and generosity, willing to lose 1,000,000 dollars a year to win the circulation wars. His New York Inquirer specializes in bold, splashy headlines that dont necessarily represent the truth. By the time he marries Emily Norton, the Presidents niece, Kane is one of the most...
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