Monday, March 08, 2004

Citizen Kane

Signor Ferrari blogged a great post about Citzen Kane, one of the greatest films of all time. Here's a bit:
I also found Citizen Kane to be remarkably timely, with many modern parallels. For example, the examination of a media mogul (modeled on William Randolph Hearst) is relevant to considerations today of media titans such as Murdoch and Bloomberg. The corrupt and unscrupulous Boss Gettys' use of Kane's affair to topple his run for governor -- with Kane believing, incorrectly, that the people wouldn't care -- brought to mind the Clinton witch-hunt. And Kane's retreat to his reclusive fantasy world of Xanadu still only scratches the surface of the King of Pop. Also, Welles' examination of the degree to which money, power and the media can dictate what people think is relevant to this year's election. Welles suggests that while people can be greatly influenced by such things, there is a point where 'the people' will see through the bullshit, but that those who spout it often fail to realize this point exists (let's hope Welles is right).
Citizen Kane is playing at the Film Forum. See it before it's too late. I'm going sometime this week. Eeek gad, Haley's never seen it!

Pauly's Top 10 Movies (All time)

1. The Godfather
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Citizen Kane
4. American Beauty
5. Goodfellas
6. Wall Street
7. On the Waterfront
8. 8 1/2
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. Clerks

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