Citizen Kane
Posted by editor
April 10th, 2009
Drama

Whoever wants to experience classic American films, then Citizen Kane is the perfect movie to see. Citizen Kane is directed by Orson Welles. It was released by RKO Pictures and is considered to be a portrayal of the life of William Randolph Hearst. However, Hearst prohibited mentioning the film in any of his newspapers during the film’s release. The film centers on the life and of Charles Foster Kane and is shown through flashbacks as a newspaper reporter searches for the meaning of Kane’s last word “Rosebud”. Citizen Kane is claimed to be as one of the most innovative works in the history of film and in 1997, it ranked at number one in the list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time by the American Film Institute.