Orson Welles's 1941 first feature, the life of a newspaper tycoon told in overlapping testimonies, made with cinematographer Gregg Toland's deep-focus photography, ceilinged sets, layered sound and a fractured chronology. It topped the Sight and Sound critics' poll of the greatest films for five consecutive decades and remains the standard case study of film form.
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Original Language AwardAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay 1 AwardNational Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 AwardNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1 Release Year Connections
Associated With
Ranked first on the American Film Institute list 100 Years...100 Movies in 1998 and again in 2007
Created By
Directed, produced and co-written by Welles; Herman J. Mankiewicz shared the screenplay Academy Award.
Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
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Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
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1. Wikidata: Citizen Kane
2. A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016 3. Citizen Kane (Wikipedia)
Citizen Kane, Reception from the public section
When Schaefer rejected Hearst's offer to suppress the film, Hearst banned every newspaper and station in his media conglomerate from reviewing-or even mentioning-the film. He also had many movie theaters ban it, and many did not show it through fear of being socially exposed by his massive newspaper empire.
Citizen Kane, Hearst's response section
When Schaefer rejected Hearst's offer to suppress the film, Hearst banned every newspaper and station in his media conglomerate from reviewing-or even mentioning-the film. He also had many movie theaters ban it, and many did not show it through fear of being socially exposed by his massive newspaper empire.
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
Citizen Kane, Introduction section
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
Citizen Kane, Introduction section, original language
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
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