Citizen Kane
Charles Foster Kane, aspiring newspaper baron, had been rich since childhood. Yet, with the coming of the Depression, his papers were constantly losing money. Standing by a table in a nondescript room with only a small window a few feet behind him, Kane is being forced to sign away much of his business assets. The two lawyers seated at the table look almost smug as one begins to read off the terms of the paper. As the lawyer talks, Kane, a large man now under heavy burdens, begins walking back towards the window. With every word spoken, he seems to shrink beside the window, until we realize it is huge, at least thirty feet high. The lawyer finishes, and Kane stares out it sadly for a moment before returning to sign the documents, a once great man now humbled and dwarfed. This single scene in Citizen Kane is just one demonstration of how it is possibly the greatest film of all time. When you ask most people what the best movie ever made is, unless they are a film fan, they will probably name off a movie made recently -- Pulp Fiction, or Braveheart, or maybe a slightly older film like Star Wars. Few would think that the greatest film made could be over fifty years old. After all, hasn't the art of moviemaking advanced so much si
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Approximate Word count = 1916
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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