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    Subject Movie Citizen Kane is about Charles Foster Kane‚ and his life story and it’s kind of told by a reporter asking his “friends” order rather than make all them people whom he may have known deeper than just saying hello to. The movie starts off with Kane laying in bed and then dying while saying the famous quote from the movie “Rosebud”. Then it goes to reporters watching the news on the March which is a bit basically a short five minute documentary on Kane’s life. Then after that they saw the

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    when I saw Citizen Kane the first time. When it was over I couldn’t believe my reaction. My hands were shaking‚ my palms and arm pits sweaty. I felt my heart race like a jackhammer and I knew I more than watched a movie‚ I experienced one. True‚ I didn’t understand all the complexities of Kane‚ but I understood the phenomenal acting and fantastic drama. Years later I would understand more‚ but in that moment at 13 I saw storytelling for more than a two-dimensional celluloid. Citizen Kane really wasn’t

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    In Rushmore and Citizen Kane‚ both protagonists are very determined to achieve their goal. Despite having very different settings‚ the unique characteristics of these two movies are very similar. In both films‚‚ the missing mother figure for both protagonist is very significant‚ as they try to fill that void with something. Also their action is very unique as it ruins their social life and cause the drastic events. The missing mother figure in both films impact them differently‚ yet they try to

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    Citizen Kane (1941) is the most admired movie of all time. It wonderful mastery of film elements and intriguing storyline have warranted many studies of it. Orson Welles mastered the medium while approaching it in a completely new way. But many parallels can be found to his own life in this movie. His character Charles Kane especially follows many themes of Welles life. Most notably the overall theme and Orson Welles life. Everyone wants something they can’t have‚ and person and movie show a wonderful

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    In Citizen Kane‚ Welles once in a while foregoes altering for the long take; on the other hand‚ he additionally embraces altering procedures from Hollywood‚ such as the shot-reverse shot technique. Obviously‚ Welles gives the breakfast scene his own specific touch‚ giving a montage arrangement chronicling the breakdown of a relationship. He additionally uses stun cuts‚ as in the presentation of the News on the March grouping or the slice to a screeching cockatoo later in the film. Sound assumes

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    Citizen Kane is an American drama film released in 1941. It follows the life of the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ and the investigation into “rosebud” – the last word spoken before his death. Kane was a wealthy newspaper tycoon who lived a reserved lifestyle; he had many possessions but isolated himself from the public eye wherever possible towards the end of his life. The director’s portrayal of the films main themes are shown in such a way that a Year 12 group of students would be able to

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    After watching the film Citizen Kane‚ I feel little sad because everything Kane tried to do is nothing behind his dead. In the begining of the film‚ it shows the dead of Kane with the word- a single word: "Rosebud". To continue the film‚ another characters tell their stories in a series of flashbacks that reveal much about Kane’s life. Charles Foster Kane is the riches and the most powerful newspaper in America. He has more and more power when he marries the niece of the man who will become President

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    Orson Welles’ undeniable masterpiece‚ Citizen Kane (1941) is one of the most acclaimed and discussed films of all times‚ having also frequently been awarded with the title of “greatest film ever made”. The critics and audiences’ fascination with the picture is deeply linked to its acknowledged status of nonconformity and defiance towards the formal rules that made up the classical Hollywood cinema film style between 1917 and 1960 (David Bordwell‚ Janet Staiger and Kristin Thompson 1985). Effectively

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    The movie Citizen Kane was from 1941 starring Orson Wells who directed and co-wrote the script. This movie was about a man named Charles Foster Kane. Charles Foster Kane was a newspaper tycoon. He was like by many and hated by some. This movie was partly based on the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst‚ Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold Mc Cormick and aspects of Welles’s own life. The movie focuses on Mr. Kane life and what did the last words he spoke on this death

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    THE AWAKENING The opening scene in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ where the caged parrots kept on repeating a statement‚ actually gives a picture to the reader about the title and the story. This scene‚ when analyzed carefully‚ illustrates how the main character of the play‚ Edna tries to overcome the awakening from the worldly and traditional bondages that she is surrounded with. In this story‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a young married woman experiences an awakening of sexuality within her‚ when

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