Reaction to Citizen Kane
Reaction to Citizen Kane movie
The movie Citizen Kane was an interesting and thought provoking movie. Set in the early 1940’s this movie was about a man named Charles Foster Kane, a multimillionaire newspaper writer for a company called RKO. This movie portrays the life of an extremely wealthy man and his life endeavors. With many up’s and downs, twists and turns Orson Welles crafts a movie of the ages.
Where else is there a better place to start then childhood? Charles Kane was raised in what seemed to be a small town atmosphere and was later shipped away to a boarding school by his mother, who later became rich. As a child it seemed as if Kane was somewhat of a loaner and felt harshly of how he was treated and simply didn’t understand why his parents would of done that. At a young age he opened up a newspaper room and began to build his empire. He had an extremely go-getter type attitude, which leads him into riches. I found this all very interesting given the fact how he was raised and where he will eventually be later on. The first part of the movie was a cool way to begin I thought. It was more of a memorial to Kane, and thoughts on what he owned and how much he actually had. He was a very wealthy man and wanted everyone to know it and was afraid to show people he was important. During the opening scenes it shows the mountain he lived on and all the animals and statues he owned. There was a remark about how he had to of every animal like Noah’s ark, I found that interesting. All the statues he owned were like the people he met in his life and how he portrayed them. He figured if he owned all these statues he would never be lonely in his own thoughts, he came simply take the memory of these people and create somewhat of a theme to remember them by. It’s funny to think that a man so wealthy wouldn’t just have parties with real people, instead of buying statues. As the movie progresses so does Kane’s involvement within his company and he begins to
The movie Citizen Kane was an interesting and thought provoking movie. Set in the early 1940’s this movie was about a man named Charles Foster Kane, a multimillionaire newspaper writer for a company called RKO. This movie portrays the life of an extremely wealthy man and his life endeavors. With many up’s and downs, twists and turns Orson Welles crafts a movie of the ages.
Where else is there a better place to start then childhood? Charles Kane was raised in what seemed to be a small town atmosphere and was later shipped away to a boarding school by his mother, who later became rich. As a child it seemed as if Kane was somewhat of a loaner and felt harshly of how he was treated and simply didn’t understand why his parents would of done that. At a young age he opened up a newspaper room and began to build his empire. He had an extremely go-getter type attitude, which leads him into riches. I found this all very interesting given the fact how he was raised and where he will eventually be later on. The first part of the movie was a cool way to begin I thought. It was more of a memorial to Kane, and thoughts on what he owned and how much he actually had. He was a very wealthy man and wanted everyone to know it and was afraid to show people he was important. During the opening scenes it shows the mountain he lived on and all the animals and statues he owned. There was a remark about how he had to of every animal like Noah’s ark, I found that interesting. All the statues he owned were like the people he met in his life and how he portrayed them. He figured if he owned all these statues he would never be lonely in his own thoughts, he came simply take the memory of these people and create somewhat of a theme to remember them by. It’s funny to think that a man so wealthy wouldn’t just have parties with real people, instead of buying statues. As the movie progresses so does Kane’s involvement within his company and he begins to