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It just goes to show you...

... that in contrast to our differences over Lord of the Rings/RoTK (i.e., both semantic & literal impressions), we DO share similar views about Citizen Kane. IMHO, Kane is a film with few flaws & fewer peers made under very difficult circumstances and almost surpressed and destroyed in spite of it's artistry. Having watched this film numerous times over the past 30 years in film classes, private screenings and on home video and analyzed it thoroughly, the one unequivocal conclusion reached is that film history would certainly be the poorer if this film didn't exist.

In many ways Kane changed the way Americans view cinema, but NOT only Americans! One irony that seems to have elluded Victor is that many of the European filmmakers who he admires so much for their artistry worship at Welle's doorstep, rhetorically speaking; some post-WWII European directors were greatly influenced by Kane and other American films which were also inspired by Citizen Kane; one is left to ponder which of those famous European directors might've chosen other careers without the inspiration provided by Welle's masterpiece.

AuPh

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