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Re: Interesting thoughts. I can understand both points of view...

Posted by RGA (R) on December 14, 2005 at 23:38:17

In Reply to: Interesting thoughts. I can understand both points of view... posted by TopPop on December 14, 2005 at 19:43:39:

Well I agree with you. My degree is in English (you'd never guess by my grammar on these forums) and it bothers me when the entire success of a piece of literature rests on the background knowledge of the reader. The Rape of the Lock is nonsensical unless you know the background of why it was written. When you know it it is utterly hilarious. The difference is Movies are HARDLY equivelant to great literature or even in the same league as the theatre. As most films steal from great literature - Kirosawa and Welles certainly did.

Shakespeare does not require any pre-knowldege to "get it."

There is nothing really to get about Citizen Kane except that it was based on, at least in part, the life of William Randolph Scott - paper mogul. It is heralded for basically being a rip-off of Shakespearian tragedy -- read Shakespeare it;'s a helluva lot better -- take any of the BBC production DVD's (free at many libraries) -- you won't get the visuals but the story is better - and so is the acting.

Don't get me wrong I gave Citizen Kane a positive rating **** out of 5 so I consider it a very good film. Best film ever? No. It's not in my top 100 and some films that are would probably make people cringe.

But like I said - the thinner story executed very well is IMO a better film than grandiose ideas that ultimately bore.

The made for TV film "Death of a Saleman" which comes at the American dream differently IMO is a vastly superior film -- despite being made for TV and without grand cinematography. The difference is Arthur Miller is a master of the stage and Welles was not.

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