Originally posted by Kovacs86
It's a genius deconstruction of the Western genre, maybe?
why citizen kane was such a "landmark" picture.
first - orson welles.
not only was he the writer and director, but in a time where film stars were attached to studios, he kind of basically just said "suck it" to everyone and funded the whole thing himself. he separated it from all the "movie warehouses" and insisted on a closed set - which was unspeakable. if anyone stepped on the stage, the cast and crew would take out mitts and baseballs and start playing catch.
second - the new film techniques, like putting cameras and things on cranes that could come in on a moment from the ceiling to the floor, making close ups much easier [and there are tons of them in the film] to prove it.
blah blah blah .... it won zillions of oscars, it was the first film that a real life figure - william randolph hearst - was parodied. or at least made a fool of. hearst tried to prevent the film from airing... the scandal and the comparisons, and the very very long period of time that the scandal was talked about.
anyway. there had been films with stories like citizen kane's before. it was just everything mixed together. they made the line, and then they crossed it.
i don't really think we can have another citizen kane, in any genre, because it happened. boom, it's done.
maybe if they find someway to put movies in virtual reality-type thing.... nope. citizen kane was the one.
Originally posted by siriuswriter
why citizen kane was such a "landmark" picture.first - orson welles.
not only was he the writer and director, but in a time where film stars were attached to studios, he kind of basically just said "suck it" to everyone and funded the whole thing himself. he separated it from all the "movie warehouses" and insisted on a closed set - which was unspeakable. if anyone stepped on the stage, the cast and crew would take out mitts and baseballs and start playing catch.
second - the new film techniques, like putting cameras and things on cranes that could come in on a moment from the ceiling to the floor, making close ups much easier [and there are tons of them in the film] to prove it.
blah blah blah .... it won zillions of oscars, it was the first film that a real life figure - william randolph hearst - was parodied. or at least made a fool of. hearst tried to prevent the film from airing... the scandal and the comparisons, and the very very long period of time that the scandal was talked about.anyway. there had been films with stories like citizen kane's before. it was just everything mixed together. they made the line, and then they crossed it.
i don't really think we can have another citizen kane, in any genre, because it happened. boom, it's done.
maybe if they find someway to put movies in virtual reality-type thing.... nope. citizen kane was the one.
Well put. Although, if the hype is to be believed, "Avatar" will be another Citizen Kane moment in cinema.
Originally posted by Robtard
Hype is probably spurned on by the fact the James Cameron is pompous tool. Titanic wasn't innovative, original or well written.
Gotta love this version of him