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Citizen Kane
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With this Citizen Kane Poster, immerse yourself in the fascinating world of this iconic cinematic masterpiece. Discover the captivating plot of an ambitious man's quest for power, as emotions unfold through each scene. With a dose of nostalgia, this unforgettable film takes you on an intense emotional journey and leaves you reflecting on human nature and the weight of success. Don't miss the opportunity to relive this legendary cinematic experience by decorating your space with the Citizen Kane poster, a true artistic testimony to the greatness of the seventh art.
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Description of this Citizen Kane Poster
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. This is Welles' first feature film. Citizen Kane is often cited as the greatest film ever made. For 50 consecutive years, it has held the top spot in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics' poll, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies list in 1998, as well as in its 2007 update. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories and won Best Original Screenplay by Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all considered innovative and precedent-setting.
The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives. Upon its release, Hearst forbade the film to be mentioned in his newspapers.
After the Broadway success of Welles' Mercury Theater and the controversial 1938 radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on The Mercury Theater on the Air, Welles was courted by Hollywood. He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939. Although an unusual contract for a beginning director, he was free to develop his own story, use his own cast and crew, and have the privilege of final editing. After two failed attempts to implement a project, he wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane, in collaboration with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Principal photography took place in 1940, the same year the innovative trailer was shown, and the film was released in 1941.
Although it was a critical success, Citizen Kane failed to break even at the box office. The film disappeared after its release, but returned to public attention when it was praised by French critics such as André Bazin and was re-released in 1956. In 1958, the film was voted number 9 on the prestigious list of Brussels 12 at the 1958 World's Fair. Citizen Kane was selected by the Library of Congress to be part of the inaugural 1989 group of 25 films for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States because of their “cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance.”
In a mansion called Xanadu, part of a vast palatial estate in Florida, old Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he says his last word, "Rosebud", and dies. An obituary chronicles the life of Kane, an extremely wealthy newspaper publisher and industry magnate. Kane's death becomes sensational news around the world and the producer of the newsreel assigns reporter Jerry Thompson to discover the meaning of "Rosebud".
Thompson sets out to interview Kane's friends and associates. He tries to approach his second wife, Susan Alexander Kane, now an alcoholic and manager of her own nightclub, but she refuses to speak to him. Thompson visits the private archives of the now deceased banker Walter Parks Thatcher. Through Thatcher's memoirs, Thompson learned of the rise of Kane, who was a boarder in Colorado, and the decline of his personal fortune.
In 1871, gold was discovered through a mining claim owned by Kane's mother, Mary Kane. She hires Thatcher to create a trust which will ensure Kane's education and assume his guardianship. While the parents and Thatcher discuss arrangements inside the boarding house, young Kane happily plays with a sled in the snow outside. When Kane's parents introduced him to Thatcher, the boy hit Thatcher with his sled and tried to run away.
When Kane took control of his trust at the age of 25, the mine's productivity and Thatcher's prudent investments made Kane one of the richest men in the world. Kane took control of the New York Inquirer newspaper and embarked on a career in "yellow journalism", publishing scandalous articles that attacked Thatcher's business interests (and his own). Kane sold his empire to Thatcher after the 1929 stock market crash left him cash-strapped.
Thompson interviews Kane's personal business manager, Mr. Bernstein. Bernstein remembers that Kane hired the best journalists available to increase the Inquirer's circulation. Kane rose to power by successfully manipulating public opinion over the Spanish-American War and marrying Emily Norton, the niece of the President of the United States.
Thompson interviews Kane's best friend, Jedediah Leland, at a nursing home. Leland says Kane's marriage to Emily disintegrated over the years, and he began an affair with amateur singer Susan Alexander while he was running for governor of New York. His wife and her political opponent discovered the affair, and the public scandal ended his political career. Kane married Susan and forced her into a humiliating opera career for which she had neither the talent nor the ambition, even going so far as to build a large opera hall for her. After Leland began writing a negative review of Susan's disastrous operatic debut, Kane fired him but completed the negative review and printed it. Susan protests that she never wanted a career in opera, but Kane forces her to continue with the season.
Susan agrees to an interview with Thompson and describes the aftermath of her operatic career. She attempted suicide and Kane eventually allowed her to give up singing. After many unhappy years and being hit by Kane, she finally decided to leave him. Raymond, Kane's butler, says that after Susan left, he began violently destroying the contents of her room. When he came across a snow globe, he calmed down and said "Rosebud." Thompson concludes that he cannot solve the mystery and that the meaning of Kane's last word will remain a mystery.
Back in Xanadu, Kane's belongings are cataloged or thrown away by the staff. They find the sled that eight-year-old Kane was playing on the day he was kidnapped from his Colorado home and throw it into an oven with other items. Behind them, the sled burns slowly and its business name, printed on the back, becomes visible through the flames: "Rosebud".
