I’ve tried to like Citizen Kane. I just don’t.
How about 2001 ? There’s a loser! Nobody even remembers it. Great movie, though.
Me too. You hear all the time about a movie being historically one of the all time best but when I’ve tried to watch it I get nothing.
C.K. is the movie in which cinematography became an art form. The story isn't what really makes the film great, but the way it was filmed. It totally changed the way movies were filmed. Welles didn't follow the traditional cinematography methods at all. He was the pioneer of movie camera angles. Just watch a typical movie made before 1939 and compare it to C.K. and more modern movies to see the differences.
“I’ve tried to like Citizen Kane. I just don’t.”
Me neither. I found it mostly to be boring.
The power of Citizen Kane is in the image of the sled being tossed into the furnace in the closing seconds. It is the one image that makes the whole thing work.