Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on October 03, 2001 at 09:43:32

In Reply to: America's... voyeristic need to know..." posted by clarkjohnsen on October 03, 2001 at 07:19:46:

>>> "Always with you it's a problem with America isn't it?" <<<

Not by a long shot, dude!

The youthful Welles, himself a man of the world, depicted Kane as the epitome of American excess. Universal themes are certainly present, but this film is more about lost innocence as a by-product of instant wealth than it is about symbolism on a global scale.

>>> "It's like bad driving and the weather: Everywhere you go people will try to say it's worse there." <<<

What does that have to do with Citizen Kane? This movie is investigates the life of an American icon as seen through the eyes of other Americans. Are you sure that you didn't pick up a mislabled Fellini flick by mistake? ;^)

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