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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, ... at the end of the picture, a commentary on Kane's life. [60]
"Raising Kane" is a 1971 book-length essay by American film critic Pauline Kael, in which she revived controversy over the authorship of the screenplay for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. Kael celebrated screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz , first-credited co-author of the screenplay, and questioned the contributions of Orson Welles , who co-wrote ...
The day Saturday is omitted – this is because, as explained by Jeff Lynne: "The football match is played on a Saturday". The music video references Citizen Kane in its ending, showing a closeup of Jeff Lynne saying "Horace Wimp," echoing Orson Welles ' character in the film saying "Rosebud" as he dies.
During World War II, Citizen Kane was not seen in most European countries. It was shown in France for the first time on July 10, 1946, at the Marbeuf theater in Paris. [7]: 34–35 [a] Initially most French film critics were influenced by the negative reviews of Jean-Paul Sartre in 1945 and Georges Sadoul in 1946.
Xanadu makes great use of Gothic architecture and, except in the opening newsreel, it always appears in the film at night with fog surrounding it, giving it an ominous look; for Kane, Xanadu becomes more of a prison than a refuge. Xanadu's interior especially does not appear at all homey or cozy, symbolizing the emptiness of Kane's later life.
The assumption that the character of Susan Alexander Kane was based on Marion Davies was a major reason Hearst tried to destroy Citizen Kane. [34] Davies's nephew Charles Lederer insisted that Hearst and Davies never saw Citizen Kane, but condemned it based on the outrage expressed by trusted friends. Lederer believed that any implication that ...
As far as I could judge, the co-billing was correct. The Citizen Kane script was the product of both of them." [18]: 6 But at the same time, Houseman was stirring controversy, lunching with film critic Pauline Kael and giving Mankiewicz total credit for the creation of the script for Citizen Kane.
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (/ ˈ m æ ŋ k ə w ɪ t s / MANG-kə-wits; November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941).