Wednesday 21 April 2010

Flick Zingers: "Citizen Kane" (1941)

* Citizen Kane (1941) - Directed by Orson Welles

Yeah, I know..."the greatest film of all time" seems more to me as one of the boringest of all time. I was expecting to love it, or at least be interested in it, but neither turned out too well. Maybe I just need to see it again, but I found the film to be dull, hollow, and an all around excercise of style over substance. The photography is effective and piercing, but the rest just falls flat. The acting is cartoonish and unconvincing, the characters aren't fully drawn or compelling, and it offers no real emotional resonance or depth.

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