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Henry Graham

I'm glad you appreciated the lighting and camera work so much. Welles was 25 years old when he made this and admitted he had little idea how movies were made, so he leaned heavily on his great cinematographer Gregg Toland to execute all of his audacious and unconventional ideas. Things like the deep-focus imagery and low-angle shooting were incredibly groundbreaking and influential. It's a technical tour-de-force that still feels exhilarating to watch more than eight decades later. Ever since it was released, Citizen Kane has been referenced in conversations about the greatest films of all time, and I think it is the platonic ideal of a Greatest of All Time. You can study the film for its technical innovation, for its aesthetic qualities or for its historical impact and influence - but you can also show this film to anyone who has no idea about all that and they will simply be captivated by its wit and verve. It's a sensational and endlessly rewarding achievement.

Daymee

What a pleasant surprise! I'm looking forward to this one. This movie is 84 years old and In my opinion, it still holds up! I would like to correct you on one thing though, you watched The Wizard of Oz, which is 1939, making that the oldest film you've seen. It's surprising because the Oz section is in color, but it does pre-date this one. but I also laughed at the jump scare cockatoo parrot, seeing that all of a sudden on a big screen in 1941 would have been very shocking!

Ski Patrol Kevin

She watched "Citizen Kane" before "The Wizard of Oz", so she wasn't wrong when she said it. This "Citizen Kane" reaction is almost 3 years old, if you haven't noticed. She watched it when she lived in her old apartment back in 2022.