Conflict in "Citizen Kane"

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This essay is a critical look at one of the most respected and revered films in American film, "Citizen Kane". The essay examines the many faceted conflicts that exist in the film and the lengths the characters take to resolve them. "Citizen Kane" is a tale of conflict on many different levels. This essay looks at five of the most compelling and significant conflicts that play out on the screen. These five elements in the film are the focus of the essay; they are analyzed and discussed in turn.

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"Orson Wells' 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane is regarded as one of the finest movies since the beginning of American cinema. Like anything that is considered "great" this film has stood well against the test of time. In Citizen Kane the validity and importance of the story is almost secondary to the methods employed to tell that story. Wells, the consummate performer, utilized all of his experience stage acting and directing experience in Kane. Many of the techniques had never been used in such a manner or to the extent that Wells did. All story elements aside, Citizen Kane ushered in a new period in American Film and would inspire the film-makers not only of the generation when it premiered but film-makers even today."

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