I READ MANY ALL TIME GREAT LISTS AND IT TOPPED MANY ALMOST ALL LISTS ! WHY THE HELL IS IT SO ?
2006-09-21 07:04:42 · 13 answers · asked by rockinghard 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
You guys are all Phillistines. Citizen Kane totally deserves its reputation. Why? It pioneered many important film techniques.
1. DEEP FOCUS. Gregg Toland's legendary cinematography was revolutionary. Usually in a movie you could only see the forground in focus; the background was blurry. In Citizen Kane, you can frequently see sharp images elements in the frame that are at very different distances from the screen. This effect is both dramatic and startling.
2. IMPRESSIONISTIC LIGHTING. The use of lighting in the film is influenced by German and Russian impressionism and it's quite dramatic and beautiful.
3. It's one of the first films ever to show CEILINGS in rooms -- before this was impossible because the scenes were shot on ceiling-less sound stages.
4. JUMP CUTS to indicate the passage of time.
5. REVOLUTIONARY SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP.
6. OVERLAPPING SOUND ELEMENTS to add drama to scenes.
7. Also the "mocumentary" nature of much of the film was revolutionary.
Not to mention the fact the the film was a sendup of one of the of the richest and most powerful men on the planet at the time (William Randolph Hearst).
2006-09-21 07:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by grammartroll 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I went to a movie appreciation seminar once and they said it's because of it's creative use of camera angles and movements, the first scene starts with a complex camera movement something that had not been seen or been done before but to be honest I didn't get to appreciate them cause I couldn't stay awake.
2006-09-21 14:18:29 · answer #2 · answered by Lumas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The use of Camera angels and ... and ... here's what I don't get. In the begining he's alone in his bed when he says "rosebud" then drops the snowglobe and THEN the nurse comes in.
So NO ONE Heard him Say "Rosebud". It's pointless
as in "Apocolypse now". HE calls in the airstrike on Marlon Brando,.. so what was the entire trip up the river for?
I'm not a fan of pointless movies... unless there's Zombie in or a high speed car chase,.. preferably Both. XD
2006-09-21 14:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by allyrbaserbelong2us 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good story line, (based on the life of William Randolph Hearst), a fine cast of actors, and some of the best cinematography (camera shots) ever done, especially considering how early in film history it was made.
2006-09-21 14:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You got me, I thought the movie was a little goofy. Maybe at the time it was the only decent movie produced. I did not like any movies Orson Welles was in. Rosebud.....
2006-09-21 15:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by makeitright 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the oscars and make a comparison of some of the most hyped up movies and how much you and your friends think it sucked and then you'll know
2006-09-21 14:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by burnttoast97 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the end the entire movie is about a sled. What kind of stuff was Orsen Wells smokin?
2006-09-21 14:52:21 · answer #7 · answered by phantom_lord_80 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think people think it kicks a$$ cuz it was really revolutinary for its time, as far as cinematography and subject matter, but i've seen it and i just didn't get what all the hype iwas about, i think its been over publisized and people say that they like because they want to sound intelligent, i just thought it was boring!
2006-09-21 14:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by mo-z 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I felt the same way about Breakfast at Tiffanys.....I bought the damn movie because all the girls said it was so wonderful...........I struggled to sit through it and when it was over I said "What the........????? Go figure
2006-09-21 14:08:04 · answer #9 · answered by Annie R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason so many boring books are considered classics. Pretentious twaddle!
2006-09-21 14:07:38 · answer #10 · answered by sarkyastic31 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋