traumatic to one’s growing and beliefs. Even if they are able to live past the experience‚ and grow from it‚ there’s no doubt that their genesis made some sort of influence on their development. In Orson Welles’s fictional film‚ Citizen Kane‚ the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ starts off in a humble home with his mother and father. In result of coming into a small fortune‚ his parents make the decision to send Charles off to live with a wealthy Wall-Street tycoon named Walter Parks Thature whom he
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betrayal. 1941- Citizen Kane Director- Orson Wells This film was one of the earliest film noir’s produced and was budgeted at $800‚000. Wells was the director‚ star and producer. Wells also collaborated with Herman J. Mankiewicz and John Houseman who is unaccredited with the film on the script. It débuted on May 1‚ 1941 in New York City after an intense investigation by the F.B.I. The late release and investigation was due to the many similarities between the fictional character Kane and the life
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film‚ like a mother to an infant. For example‚ the director that I believe qualify as auteur is Orson Welles. Orson Welles meets the definition I have provided because as a director he was able to effectively express personal ideas. The film “Citizen Kane” marked the first time the technique “Deep Focus” was used extensively and effectively. In this film Orson Welles was able to express his vision and apply the deep focus technique effectively. Another director who I qualify as an auteur is Spike
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n discussing Citizen Kane‚ Charles Higham mentioned "artistic cheats‚" flaws in credibility whereby characters in scenes gave information about which they couldn’t possibly have full detailed knowledge. Sunset Boulevard’s entire point of view is based on a gimmick. Whether one considers it an "artistic cheat" or a valid and audacious device depends up his ability and desire to suspend his disbelief. The problem of point of view in Sunset Boulevard is especially germane. Sunset Boulevard begins
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Through all that it is able to produce one more quality: the quality of becoming timeless. The movie “Citizen Kane” is widely regarded to be one of the best films of all time‚ and it was released over 70 years ago now‚ but because of the quality effort and innovation that went in to the production‚ it has been able to stand the test of time. The good films
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John Houseman and together the pair made the Mercury Theatre in 1937. A year later in 1938 the two produced "The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Their radio show became most famous when it broadcasts it’s version of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds." Citizen Kane was his first of his films of Welles to be seen by the public eye. It was known as a huge loss for RKO losing about 150‚000 for the studios. Although ironically the film is known as the best film ever made today. Many of his films that continued
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the beginning of the first colored talkies‚ and finally to the modern day action packed‚ CGD filled‚ Michael Bay directed "eye candy" they called movies‚ movie reviewers and fans alike have debated the best movie of all time. From Casablanca to Citizen Kane‚ to the Godfather‚ to The Shawshank Redemption‚ and more recently to Boyhood‚ people have claimed that these movies were the best of all time; however‚ unless the movie that they’re talking about is Mad Max Fury Road‚ then they are clearly mistaken
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broadcast (History.com Staff 4). Little did Orson know that his broadcast would actually help him gain publicity. “In fact‚ the publicity helped land him a contract with a Hollywood studio and in 1941 he directed‚ wrote‚ produced a starred in “Citizen Kane” - a movie that many have called the greatest American film ever made” (History.com Staff
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Hollywood Reporter‚ who polled almost everyone in the entertainment industry‚ the answer is The Godfather; according to the American Film Institute (AFI)‚ who have worked some fifty years to preserve and honor motion pictures and its performers‚ Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time; and according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)‚ one of the most reliable databases for movie and industry information‚ The Shawshank Redemption rated by fans and others is the greatest movie of all time;
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Caterin L. Villar November 27‚ 2011 English 102 Professor Rigney Is Assuming the Role of Citizen Journalist worth the Risk? Amateur journalism is becoming more and more popular everyday with the advancement of technology. Newspapers across America have become so decimated by staff cutbacks that citizen journalists are stepping in to fill the gap in covering the news. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Youtube are only some of the free websites where users are connected with others and can share in
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