Citizen
Kane written by Herman Mankiewicz, Orson Welles and directed by the latter http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/citizen-kane-written-with-others-and.html for many critics, the greatest film
of all time
10 out of
10
William
Randolph Hearst is the model for Citizen Kane, a media tycoon that has tried to
bury what would become one of the greatest movies of all time – a good number
of critics have declared it is The Best- and one that could be taken out form
wherever he is (nothingness for atheists, or hell, for the true believers) and
placed near Murdoch, to try and compare who has been more abominable, and
inflicted more damage…
Murdoch http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/84-out-of-100-for-succession-too-much.html is responsible for a lot of pain,
but as it is clear for those who have read from my notes – as I put this down,
with modesty I realize that they must be few, for whoever has tried this before
knows better than to return, and you are anyway a very small elite, the crème
de la crème of those who buy into gallows humor- I see the billionaire as mostly
responsible for the rise of Trump, who could return to finish his oeuvre next
year
Citizen
Kane was acclaimed for the novelty, the extraordinary technique that was used
in making the motion picture, in documentaries made about the film, we can see
how Orson Welles and his fantastic team would carve into the floor, so that
they could place the camera at an angle that would give the audiences a unique
perspective…and this is not the only innovation, indeed, the film works as
model for the generations that followed…
Orson
Welles has been a glorious film maker, actor and story teller, you would find
some fabulous stories, if you look on YouTube for his interviews, appearances
on talk shows, were he tells among others, this tale: he was in Switzerland or
was it The Cote D’Azur, when he met with Winston Churchill, after the latter
had become such a magnificent, prominent figure, one of the most majestic men
of history in fact, due to his contribution to defeating the Nazis, and the two
had met each other before
Sir Winston
Churchill acknowledged the film maker, and Orson Welles is grateful after that,
telling the former Prime Minister that he is trying to get financing and he is
happy that the man who was with him could witness the acquaintance, and
following this confession, the next time they met, while the director was with
his would be backer, Sir Winston Churchill stood up from the table when Welles
arrived and bowed…
Alas, the
creator of the motion picture considered to be the Best of All Time – and when
not placed at number one, it had still been in the top five or ten, until
recently at least – would have a lot of trouble with studio executives, they
would not approve of his projects, their relationship has been more than tense
Orson
Welles has made quite a few superb movies, such as The Magnificent Ambersons,
but the studios would take the work from him and edit it, cut it to fit their
purposes and we could argue that they destroyed it, the vision of the man that
had made Citizen Kane would be replaced by the interference of office boys…
Herman Mankiewicz
was excluded from the credits of Citizen Kane in his turn, we find that this
side of the making of the film is also one of some rancor and acrimony, for
Welles assigned the task of writing to Mankiewicz, and wrote a version of his
own, using the material, and because there was a clause in the contract, Mank
had to fight for his rights, threatening to file a complaint and eventually
getting credit
For me, the
greatest film of 2020 is Mank http://realini.blogspot.com/2021/02/personal-best-motion-picture-of-2020.html which is about the mesmerizing
screenwriter, portrayed by Gary Oldman, who deserved an Oscar for this (he has one
for the role of Winston Churchill) just as the whole team would have gotten
one, if I had been in charge, and we see the dynamic between Mank and Welles
presented, perhaps without the more intense, adversarial exchanges that might
have taken place…
One aspect
of Citizen Kane that strikes me now is the way the tycoon could spend his money
to promote, push forward a woman that had little, or maybe no talent, Susan
Alexander Kane, and that is what happens today, even in America, which used to
be the ‘greatest democracy in the world’, and a place where anyone could reach
the top, but mostly based on talents, skills, and not nepotism, which is rife
now
The same
example is to be used here, for we have an individual that would not be
promoted in a company, corporation if they looked at his misbehaviors (‘you can
grab women by their pussy’) Narcissistic Personality Disorder – ‘I am a very
stable genius’- and took into account the multitude of ineptitudes, abuses,
lies that the crook has shouted, and yet he is not just very near the most
important position in the world, but even his pathetic offspring are very
present on the airwaves, deplorable as they are…
Citizen
Kane of this age, Murdoch, is still able to get Trump elected, just as he
pushes conspiracy theories, the notion that the elections have been stolen –
Fox has had to pay more than seven hundred million in damages, because they
used their propaganda machine for these lies – and the world could well have
this monster to thank (again) for putting us in Clear and Present Danger from
2024 and onwards
Now for a
question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more
than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which
we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make
lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not
know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my
role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html
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