It is Welles' use of camera techniques that made

Citizen Kane such a milestone in the development of cinema. He experimented with new techniques and in doing so forever changed the face of film. For example in the scene where he dines with his first wife Emily the camera angle is manipulated to show the breakdown of their relationship. At first they are a happy couple sitting close and shown together, but as time progresses they are shown further and further apart. The growing space between them on screen depicts perfectly the chasm that was developing in their relationship. Another example occurs much later as he watches his first wife Susan assemble a puzzle. They have moved from New York to Florida where Susan has begun to feel trapped. She complains about this fact to Kane who does not relent in his insistence that they stay at Xanadu. This occurs on two occasions. The first time the camera shows the couple on the same plane, Susan sits while Kane stands beside her. However by the second c

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