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Citizen Kane From 1941

What Makes for an Amazing Film? 1. Was it thoughtfully created? Original? 2. Did the film move your emotions? Was it memorable? 3. Did the film have something important and original to say?

5 Star Rating How would you rate our last movie? 5 Star- One of the best films (4) 4 Star- Very Good film worth watching again (11) 3 Star- Okay (11) 2 Star- Poor movie- not engaging (2) 1 Star- One of the worst films I’ve seen (1)

William Randolph Hearst Created a Media Empire Used Yellow Journalism Attacked political corruption Failed at politics Married mArion Davies (2nd Wife) Built a castle in San Simeon

Orson Welles Ran the mercury theatre on Broadway Rose to fame on war of the worlds radio broadcast Co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in Citizen Kane Brought original film techniques never used before in film making

War of the Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

Citizen Kane Controversy The Film is a quasi- biographical story of hearts Welles kept the production a secret Hearst threatened to sue for libel, blackmail Hollywood and expose their personal lives (including welles affair), attack their immigration hiring practices and wouldn’t allow any rko films to be promoted in his newspapers, radio stations etc. The major studio bosses offered to buy out the print and destroy it for $800,000 Rko refused, but thousands of theaters wouldn’t show it because of fear from hearst

Ground Breaking Movie Starts from the end- not chronologically story comes from 5 different perspectives Fake newsreel, fast forwarding of time New camera angles/shadowing New lenses put everything in focus At a depth of 200 feet No film took on a powerful person in such a unflattering light, including private references New makeup techniques, music score matched scene by scene All new actors- never in a film before No dramatic close-ups, used cloth ceilings, uplift lighting from the floors

awards Nominated for 9 academy awards American film institute- #1 film of all time 100 percent rotten tomatoes Roger ebert’s best film of all time Most critics and film orginizations rate it in the top ten of all time

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