Unable to add item to List. See a complete list of the characters in Citizen Kane and in-depth analyses of Charles Foster Kane, Jedediah Leland, and Susan Alexander Kane. Citizen Kane: 75th Anniversary (BD) [Blu-ray], Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, HARLAN LEBO is a senior fellow at the Center for the Digital Future in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Hollywood took to a strong dislike of Welles and his career there was over. Citizen Kane's reputation as one of the greatest films of all time is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that surrounds it.What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universally acknowledged? -- Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. . CITIZEN KANE by Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles PROLOGUE FADE IN: EXT. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Audio. Video. Please try again. THE CITIZEN KANE BOOK: RAISING KANE: THE SHOOTING SCRIPT. Contains many interesting facts. An illustration of an open book. The book reveals previously unpublished details about the extraordinary lengths that press lord William Randolph Hearst – the main inspiration for the Kane character played by Welles – went to suppress the film.”, “Combines a trainspotter’s guide to film trivia with a riveting account of the dastardly campaign by the Hearst organization to have the movie suppressed….Offers sharp insights into Welles’s artistic methods.”, “Aside from this thorough study, it’s Lebo’s engaging writing style that is the chief feature of this volume. The Citizen Kane Book, Pauline Kael. Citizen Kane opens with the camera panning across a spooky, seemingly deserted estate in Florida called Xanadu. Fascinating and well-researched, this is a must buy for film buffs EVERYWHERE! Her case was made with typical trenchancy and dash, and answered (dismantled, some would say) by Robert Carringer, in his 1985 book “The Making of ‘Citizen Kane,’ ” … Pauline; Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles Kael, Thomas Dunne Books; 1st Edition (April 26, 2016). Both the movie and the man are American classics. Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane, which Welles directed, produced, and co-wrote with Herman J. Mankiewicz, premiered at the RKO Palace Theatre in New York on May 1, 1941.The film deals with the rise and fall of a newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane (portrayed by Welles), and is loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst (who refused to advertise the film in his newspapers). The Citizen Kane Book. XANADU - FAINT DAWN - 1940 (MINIATURE) Window, very small in the distance, illuminated. Lebo's text is entertaining and smooth to read. (more). I highly recommend it to anyone interested in films and film-making. 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