tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post5351404459697375879..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Citizen KaneEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-32893731465894300602008-09-03T20:35:00.000-04:002008-09-03T20:35:00.000-04:00Seriously one of the greatest openings in screen h...Seriously one of the greatest openings in screen history. No matter how many times I watch this film, read, or think about it I am never less than moved...brilliant post and great images.Nostalgia Kinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506680500183270767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-91416966075850812822008-09-03T08:38:00.000-04:002008-09-03T08:38:00.000-04:00Tim: Yeah, I noted that too. The butler later says...Tim: Yeah, I noted that too. The butler later says that he heard it, and presumably he was the one who told everyone about it, but of course he doesn't seem to be in the room during the opening. A pretty huge hole, but whatever.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-1452740663338320432008-09-03T00:26:00.000-04:002008-09-03T00:26:00.000-04:00Love that opening scene, great cinematography and ...Love that opening scene, great cinematography and is often underrated, as you state. <BR/><BR/>Funny though how no one is actually in the room to hear him say "Rosebud" though, the nurse enters after the globe has fallen... which of course makes the entire film based a plot loophole, but oh well!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486551437430330303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-81916580467219257502008-09-02T23:35:00.000-04:002008-09-02T23:35:00.000-04:00It is indeed a horror movie -- with the hero his o...It is indeed a horror movie -- with the hero his own monster.<BR/><BR/>The ending, I feel isn't the "anti-climactic" revelation of "Rosebud" -- though the srge of Herrmann's score as the paint peels away in the heat of the flame is as powerful an image od death as any in cinema. The REAL ending is the end credits with the cast and crew taking a final bow via reprise that's a final catalogue DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com