Review of Citizen Kane (1941) by Metaflix I — 29 Jan 2017

Orson Welles didn't simply break all the rules of filmmaking as writer, producer, director, and star of Citizen Kane. He re-wrote the entire rule book.

Not a single frame of film is wasted. The story, acting, and score are all superb, but it's Welles' camerawork that truly gilds this lily. Every shot is composed to its highest degree of artistic value using angles, lighting, framing, and depths of field that were never-before-seen (and still to this day rarely equaled).

While surveying the RKO back lot in Hollywood at the time, Orson Welles stated, "This is the biggest electric train set a boy ever had." Fortunately for everyone else, Welles just so happened to be the finest conductor in town.