Review of Citizen Kane (1941) by Dawdlingpoet — 04 Dec 2022

I can see why this is regarded as a classic. It's sadly still quite relevant today, the main themes being greed, power and manipulation (in this case of a newspaper readership), plus fame or notoriety, I suppose. The person it made me think of, from more contemporary times, is Rupert Murdoch. I imagine I'm not the only one to think that. It's a somewhat thought provoking watch, I just wish it wasn't as relevant as it still is, frankly. I'd like to point out that most of the film doesn't entirely focus on the crime aspect, i.e. in depth analysis of who may have done what, its more biographical in nature but its certainly a good watch. Here are a couple of memorable quotes - 'He's got old age. It's the only disease people don't look forward to being cured of.'

'You never should have married a newspapaer men - their worse than sailors!' (the mind boggles).

Yes, I'd recommend it.