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In Reply to: The mystery of Citizen Kane posted by Victor Khomenko on December 28, 2003 at 07:10:08:
(to name only a few reasons) of its non-linear narrative, its sound, its many creative jump cuts, its deep focus cinematography, its writing, its acting, its Bernard Herrmann musical score, its camera angles, and many other things that were done here FIRST.
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...a giant step towards theatrical realism in the movies.clark
You didn't answer my question. I can find all those attributes in any writeup on that film.Being first doesn't make thing great... and good films can be viewed and enjoyed without regard to their period.
But maybe... maybe you did answer my question - there IS that American fascination with Firsts... I think.
Technology over art.
We had witnessed another FIRST recently - the Sokurov's Ark. And while I gladly give him the nod for a tremendous technical achievement, his First, as you would put it, I still rate the film as a mediocre fake.
The many Firsts found in the Kane are good indeed, and they all add up to the movie's goodness, but all together they still fail to raise it into the world best 100, I think.
I dunno... it simply fails to draw me in. I find it very easy to get up and go to the bathroom, or to get a cup of tea while watching it.
And this is what I usually consider the indicator of the movie's greatness. With the great ones you cringe when the phone rings and you are thankful for the intermission, as your bladder is bursting, but you just wouldn't go.
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