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This paper examines the film "Citizen Kane" en route to discussing Realism's function in film, in this case, an approach to allow direct communication to an undistracted viewer. Additionally, the paper discusses realism's usefulness to films imparting moralism as is much the case in "Citizen Kane." Some discussion of techniques, details, and relationship to what was occurring in America and the West by the time of World War II, and as the film was shown most in its aftermath.

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"This paper examines the role of realism in film, addressing the example of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane that some see as the best film made in Hollywood, a creation of 1941 that was withdrawn during World War II but soon drew wide notice in Europe in the first years after the War ended. One sees that film both allows realism in ways that other media do not, and also employs realism to communicate with audiences that can feel alienated by their society, a film becoming a kind of lifeline in its message that will strike many a viewer as true. In this regard, the viewer..."

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This paper examines the film styles within "Citizen Kane". These styles included realism, German expressionism and the nontage style. A looks at how these film styles are connected to scenes and themes within the movie.

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"Film, like many art forms, is punctuated by works of great influence. These films often change the way that films are made so that future works are fundamentally different. These works can influence the medium of film in technical, thematic, stylistic or a wide range of other ways. Probably one of the most influential films is Citizen Kane. Filmmakers and critics give a wide range of reasons for suggesting that Citizen Kane is one of the greatest films of all time. Some would suggest that the work is a brilliant example of technical filmmaking while others would suggest that its use of narrative was truly unique. "

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A review of the cinematic technique of "Citizen Kane" as shown by Orson Welles.

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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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The paper discusses how in director Orson Welles cinematic masterpiece "Citizen Kane", the character of Charles Foster Kane (Welles) experiences many traumatic events that are linked to an obsession with his mother. It looks at how out of all these events, Kane's marriage to Susan Alexander, played by Dorothy Comingore, is the most disturbing, for it reflects some very dark motives on the part of Kane, the "spoiled rich kid" who inherited a fortune via the Comstock Lode. It shows how Kane's marriage to Susan, who was forced to live in a world that revolved around Kane and his obsessive behavior, collapses and makes her a free woman. It evaluates how Kane used Susan as a scapegoat in order to heal the wound left by his abandonment as a child, and through Susan's abandonment of Kane, his self-image and his massive ego are destroyed.

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"The ultimate symbol of Kane's obsessive behavior occurs in the scene where Susan finally confronts her husband in the bedroom, where the famous "snowball" glass orb sits on Susan's dressing bureau. After she tells him that their marriage is over and leaves the bedroom, Kane smashes everything in the room--except the glass "snowball" which reminds him of his childhood in Colorado and his mother. This object encapsulates everything Susan stands for--her loneliness, rejection and the abuse thrown upon her by the insane Charles Foster Kane."

Tags:obsession, behavior, marriage, abuse, abandonment

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This paper summarizes and analyzes the famous film "Citizen Kane" and explains how it reflects a wide variety of American values through the actions of Kane and others in the film. The paper also explains that much of the originality of "Citizen Kane" came from a synthesis of techniques that, while they had been used in other films before the making of "Citizen Kane", had never been brought together as they were in in this particular movie. The paper further discusses and analyzes the plot and structure of the movie as well as the dramatic realism of the film and the use of of non-linear methods and expressionistic choices to tell the film's story. Finally, the paper discusses the film's effective and impressive use of visual elements and sound.

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"The primary American values sought by Kane in the beginning are truth, honesty, idealism, and individuality. These continue to be the primary goals he has for the country and the citizenry as he enters politics and offers to fight the corrupt political machine then running the city. The scandal into which he falls is a personal one, but it becomes a public one, showing how the voting public often confuses private morality with the public values of a political figure."

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This paper examines the signature film in Orson Welles' directorial career - "Citizen Kane". The paper explores how Welles constructs his narrative, how his fairly elegant style as a director is on full display in the film and how he builds the character of Charles Foster Kane via introducing the recollections of others (by using superbly-rendered visual images). The paper also discusses how Citizen Kane shows Welles' ability to take the film-making art of his time and elevate it to a new level of sophistication never before seen in American cinema, by making images on the screen act with a metaphorical power and vividness. The paper looks at Gregg Toland's (cinematographer of "Citizen Cane") artful use of cinematographic tools that were far more advanced than anything which had been attempted up to that time.

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"In Citizen Kane, Welles' extraordinary ability to create a storyline that is simultaneously complex yet (fairly) easy-to-follow is on display. The noted American film critic Roger Ebert has written that the film is circular, adding more depth each and every time it returns to the life of the Kane character. Ebert also adds that the decision on the part of Welles' to open his 1941 opus with a scene featuring newsreel obituary footage is intended to be both portentous (obviously) and is also meant to serve as an anchor that will keep the thoughtful audience member oriented as the screenplay moves seemingly haphazardly from one memory to another of the man as recalled by those who knew him."

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The paper notes that the film "Citizen Kane" (1941) has been widely critiqued and often written about as it is both moving and iconic in its unique representation of an early film example of the drama genre. This paper analyzes the "Everglades Picnic" scene of Citizen Kane using semiotics and impressionism as the basis for analysis, demonstrating that the film is a characteristic and skilled early example of the dramatic genre.

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"The film takes the man's mysterious dying word, "Rosebud" and attempts to make sense of it. It turns out that Rosebud, in a very delayed reveal, was the inscription on the sled he was gleefully playing with when he learned from his future caretaker that he was wealthy and that he was to be forever separated from his mother and his simple childhood home in the Colorado snow. (Bordwell & Thompson 73)The most telling segment of the film, is the scene nicknamed "Everglades Picnic." The scene is cast with Kane his now unhappy and lonely second wife, Susan and an unknown colorful group of followers of the man, all of whom are youthful, excluding the black jazz singer and completely separate from the couple, who like in their palatial home are cordoned off from life in their tent."

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This paper analyzes Orson Welles' film, "Citizen Kane", and describes the plot of the story and the personality of the main character in the film. The paper specifically focuses on Mrs. Kane's boarding house scene and how it affected the childhood of Charlie Kane, the main character in the film. The paper then describes how this four-minute scene displays Welles' artistic talent in an exceptional manner.

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"Orson Welles created a masterpiece in his film Citizen Kane and the four-minute scene of Mrs. Kane's Boarding House displays Welles' artistic talent in an exceptional manner while creating the image of Charles Kane as a happy, playful boy that becomes raged at everything about his new guardian, and leads to Kane being in a lifelong search of what he lost that day. Welles painted a canvas that showed how inspiring Charlie's mother was to Kane and that Charles was committed to being in control of his environment just as his mother was. The love and affection that was lost as boy from Kane's mother was sought after by the radiance that Charles demanded from his empire. Welles' depiction of Kane's childhood showed what Charles wanted to replace in his life as an adult by the wealth and empowerment gained. Through the uses of camera angles, character placement, sounds, and symbolism, Welles brought about the undiminished story of Charles Kane's life in this one scene. As Charlie's sled of security and love of his childhood lay alone, cold, and lifeless in the snow, he had much wealth and many people with him as his journey with Thatcher began. As Kane died an old man, he also was alone, cold and lifeless with great wealth and many people."

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The paper compares and contrasts the methods in which the films "Citizen Kane" and "Bicycle Thieves" deal with the artistic representation of reality. The paper describes how "Citizen Kane" has left a lasting impression and legacy on filmmaking history by its artistic representation of reality through its innovative cinematography techniques. The paper then shows how "Bicycle Thieves" is remembered in film history for artistically representing reality as reality that uses real life experiences as the 'plot'.

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"Citizen Kane and Bicycle Thieves are two of the most prominent movies of all time in film history. Even though the 1941 American film Citizen Kane was originally considered mediocre, it was to eventually gain fame over time and received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1941. The 1948 Italian film, Bicycle Thieves, on the other hand, was an immediate success. This film received the Academy Award in 1949. (wiki) Both films have captured the audiences' heart, attention, and soul for generations by using realism as their base. In fact, according to film history terms, they are known as realist films. The methods in which these two classic films deal with the artistic representation of realism is remarkably different and has fascinated lovers of the cinema for ages."

Tags:realism, innovation, cinematography, neorealism