FOCUS ON CITIZEN KANE Author:edited by RONALD GOTTESMAN Thirty years after its release, Welles's 'Citizen Kane' remains an "extraordinary act of imagination," asserts Ronald Gottesman. Only in recent years have critics and film-makers come to grips with the complexities of plot, subtleties of technique, and stylistic innovation that make the movie a truly original masterpiece of the American cinema.... more »
The contributors to this volume, including Arthur Knight, Andrew Sarris, and Francois Truffaut - as well as those who played key roles in making it - analyze 'Citizen Kane' and its impact on modern film and culture. They investigate the relationship between 'Kane' and the personality and methods of Orson Welles, creator of a movie which "has altered the look, not only of American films, but of films the world over."« less