Citizen Kane As a film, Citizen Kane is a powerful dramatic story about the uses and abuses of wealth and power. ... Citizen Kane, is a good example of direction. ... Within moments of the film's eerie and visually pleasing opening, Kane is dead, muttering the word "Rosebud" as he hunches over. ... Citizen Kane uses a variety of different settings and objective lighting that overwhelms the audience. High and low key lighting is used numerous times to create a mystique environment around the secret of Kane and Rosebud. ...

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CITIZEN KANE Almost everybody in our group has viewed (or has at least heard about) "Citizen Kane". ... And we finally got an answer: = the enigma of Rosebud= Let's start by explaining how this word (Rosebud) appears for the first time in the movie! ... All the scenes from this point on are only flashbacks in Kane's life. ... Even Thompson concluded: "Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or something he lost,'' and he added: "I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle." ...

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Part I Citizen Kane is widely considered to be the best American movie ever made. ... We then see a snow globe, before Kane drops it and smashes the snow globe while muttering the words "rosebud". ... There were many elements of the filmmakers toolbox included in Citizen Kane. ... The rhythm and pacing differs many times throughout Citizen Kane. ... Contrast in Citizen Kane was very frequent throughout the movie. ...

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Kane was deprived of a childhood when he was eight years old and sent away to a boarding school. ... When Kane became an adult, he was able to obtain every material thing he could ever as for. ... Kane was never really quite sure who his real friends were. ... Fun and happiness can not be bought, which is why when he mutters "Rosebud" on his deathbed it becomes a key moment in the movie. Rosebud was the name of his sled as a child, and that was the happiest moments in his childhood, spending endless hours on his sled when he was a little boy, and when he died he had nothing to carry on his leg...

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The Greatest Movie of All Time American Movie Critics chose " Citizen Kane" as the greatest movie of all time. Citizen Kane was perceived to be a classic tale of the rich not being so rich without love. He lost a dear love that no money could ever replace and through the whole movie people try to figure out what he meant by "rosebud." ...

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