Orson Welles directs and stars in a stunning film that came out in 1941 and is regarded as a ‘masterpiece’ and many critics claim it to
be the ‘greatest film of all time.’ Let’s look at why it’s claimed as such and if I agree with this.
Orson Welles Citizen Kane (1941) is about a newspaper tycoon named Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, who dies in the first 3 minutes of the film and whispers the word ‘rosebud.’ The whole film is a flashback, within flashbacks, on other characters point of views on Kane. A reporter trying to figure out who and why his last word was ‘rosebud.’ A look into Kane’s life as a publishing newspaper tycoon and how no one really knows what he wanted in life.
