Citizen Kane is a movie that has been heralded for the ages since it was released in 1941. Orson Welles is one of the most famous directors because his first film was also his best, and the best of all time. He also drank too much in his older age, causing him a myriad of health and social problems related to alcoholism.
The film itself, which takes place in old timey America, is about a man, Charles Foster Kane, who is dying on his deathbed and says "rosebud". He is famous so everyone wants to find out what rosebud meant.
The movie itself is very great, with incredible photography and meticulous characters, and also some flashback cut scenes to add art. Something else I really liked was the depiction of Charles Foster Kane, who seems a tyrant, but also feels pain and is alone by the end of the movie.
My favorite character was the would-be singer, Susan Alexander. The truth is, she can't sing at all, in fact she's terrible. She makes a goddamned mockery of not only the opera she performs in, but of everything she claims to be interested in. Charles Foster Kane wanted to fuck her, though, so now she gets to be a part of the opera.
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