Tonight was the second time I watched Citizen Kane. I recall I found it good but not great as a young adult. What can one say about "the best film of all time" (which it certainly isn't, because no single film is)?
Well, I can say I found it pretty compelling. Effective non-linear narrative, ace cinematography, Bernard Herrmann score, and young Orson Welles kicking ass on both sides of the camera. Good, intelligent reasons to like it. But it's the story itself that sticks to me. A poor boy gets everything and finds out he has nothing. That is simply a great, powerful myth.
The transfer on the DVD I have was nothing to write home about, though.
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