Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
Date Submitted: 10/25/2004 21:29:43
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 14 pages (3755 words)
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 14 pages (3755 words)
Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
Many have called Citizen Kane the greatest cinematic achievement of all
time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and
directing. Orson Welles, its young genius director, lead actor, and a
co-writer, used the best talents and techniques of the day (Bordwell 103)
to tell the story of a newspaper giant, Charles Kane, through the eyes of
the people who loved and hated him. …
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…did he spend all this effort on this one man, an
apparent crusader for the people, for the working man? Simply, it was
because Hearst, for all his apparent love of the people, was only trying to
get love and power for himself by abusing the most potent weapon and shield
of his day, the free press. "If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been
a really great man." (Orson Welles, Citizen Kane)
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