[DCBryan1]

[Sequoyah101]

Who has this kind of money to blow? I know who has it but who would?

[Kleon]

Probably some random sled from the RKO lot. Welles said they burned all the ones used in the film.

[MV=PY]

I learned about it in a Columbo episode.

;)

[FatherofFive]

I still do not understand how that film always winds up on “The Best” list of movies.

[dinodino]

Fantastic movie, one of my favorites. Glad that Rosebud was saved!

[catnipman]

“widely regarded as one of the best films ever made”

only by ancient film school profs who’ve never moved along ...

i’ve watched that film at least twice, and have never understood why it’s considered “the best film ever made” ... for me, it was a big “meh” ...

i could easily name a dozen films far more interesting and entertaining, and several of those are classics that will endure for at least a century, while “Citizen Kane” fades away into obscurity everywhere except a few esoteric film school classes ...

[Seruzawa]

Generally I translate “best film” into “most boring film”. I don’t know if whether Citizen Kane or Gone With The Wind deserve the title more. The English Patient is also in the running.

[Fiji Hill]

It's called the best film because of the technical aspects--photography, lighting, effects, etc. However, "Gone with the Wind" is called the best movie because of the story, the acting, the characterization, plus its technical aspects.

[twister881]

Citizen Kane is a lightly fictionalized biography of William Randolph Hearst. The actress Marion Davies was Hearst’s mistress. Heart’s nickname for Davies’ cl*tor*s was Rosebud. The veiled use of Rosebud in the film infuriated Hearst and was a prime reason why he unsuccessfully attempted to block its distribution.