1. In class, we talked about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane. Before he made the picture, Welles worked on radio and famously was responsible for the 1938 radio broadcast of The War of The Worlds. He also worked in theater as well. For making his first film, RKO gave him permission to write, produce, star and direct the entire film. They basically gave him the right to do whatever he wanted. When it was released, the film was not successful. This panicked the studio, making them almost burning the film's negatives. Despite that, the film went on to be nominated for many Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, all for Welles. Years and years later, the film has appeared on many lists for greatest films, almost entirely taking the number one spot. The American Film Institute named it the greatest film, twice.
2. The article I have chosen is from brightlights.com and is on the film's impact, themes, and analysis. David Thomson wrote in America in the Dark, that the film should be praised for its romantic and idealistic passion for power, style, impact, meaning, and success, everything a true American might desire — like Charles Foster Kane or George Orson Welles. It also tells that not only William Randolph Hearst was an inspiration for the character, but Welles himself. Kane loved the world of newspapers and Welles loved the world of film. It discussed the mystery of the film's big question, "What is Rosebud?"
http://brightlightsfilm.com/45/kane.php
3. The film's mystery is riding on the question of figuring what Rosebud actually means. You try and guess what it means in every sequence in the film. At the end, when they start to burn Kane's treasures, a sled is shown and what is said on the sled? Rosebud. I thought to myself, " I have the answer!" Rosebud is about his sled, which was a toy to him as a boy, so it implies that in the end, this wasn't the life for him. Instead of going away, he should of stayed with his mother, and the sled reminded him of that time, as a child.
4. I had to say, first watching this film, I wasn't impressed. I don't see this as the greatest film of all time. I guess many saw this as Welles's first film and that he created the film all by himself. I may have to see it again, to maybe understand it all together, but, that could be awhile.
CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM
1) ( x ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) ( x ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) ( x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) ( x ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) ( x ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) ( x ) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) ( x ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) ( x ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
No comments:
Post a Comment