Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warrick, George Colouris
Certificate: U
Genre: Drama
Awards: Best original Screenplay
Citizen Kane is one of those films that has become so crucial to film history that it will always be admired for being so innovative. However, Citizen Kane is not only admirable in this modern age, it is still enjoyable.Using new techniques like a focus on depth, people talking over each other and a non-chronological narrative, Welles' film is still very influential to this day and is often cited as the greatest film of all time by many critics. The images still look stunning in brilliant monochrome and the story is incredibly intriguing as a reporter looks for the secret of the last words of Kane (Welles), the newspaper tycoon who's life is then explained to us in detail.
Each person reveals a different part of Kane's life until he becomes a full person, which makes you seem like he is being painted out in front of you. Many of the other characters are given great arcs as well like Cotten's Mr Leeland.
It goes without saying that Citizen Kane should be watched, but it is also incredibly enjoyable rather than just a lesson in early cinema. The story still works and Welles is still a competitor for this generation of filmmakers.
*****Brilliant
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