“A Reclusive Invitation by Stewart Stafford In a mansion crouched at the forest's edge, Gargoyles perched on a Jericho hedge, Lived Samuel Keane, with millions at least, Welcomed the locals to his Christmas feast. Self-imposed exile of wealth's solitary scene, On that evening, time for connection pristine, An alabaster white suit in a chessboard hall; Legions of armour and battle scars to recall. "Come, gather round, let camaraderie ignite! On Christmas Eve, a dream-come-true night!" Perkins, the grey butler, in reluctant festive red, Gestured them toward Keane's banquet spread. Their gracious host took his place at the end, A throne chair helped into place with a bend, Beaming, he clapped and food was brought in, To gasps and applause at the goblets of gin. A succulent feast at a baronial ball; Roasted goose, boar, a tall glass highball, Stories grew taller, just like each drink, Songs and jests sent them over the brink. Enjoyment and melody's atmosphere bright, Fleeting warmth shared in lush candlelight. Dawn looms, Les Misérables adore company: "Why does hangover guilt crave chablis?" A Father Christmas event once a year, Guests departed, a loud triple cheer, A fading smile of a host so grand, Adrift, nothing elaborate planned. The fireworks faded, the last ember died, Keane shut his mansion with secrets inside. A portcullis closed slowly on a seasonal high, A gothic arch door shut 'neath morning star sky. © 2024, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.” WealthChristmasIsolationMelancholyThe Great GatsbyCitizen KaneGothic LiteratureReclusiveHoward HughesFleeting Happiness Author:Stewart Stafford
“Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value of "Rosebuds" of Citizen Kane or "Madeleine cookies" of Marcel Proust or "Strawberry fields" of the Beatles. People regularly walk down the memory lane of their early youth. The paper boats of their childhood are recurrently floating on the waves of their mind and bring back the mood and the spirit of the early days. They enable us to retreat from the trivial, daily worries and can generate delightful bliss and true joy in a sometimes frantic and chaotic life. ("Paper boats forever" )” LifeMindJoySpiritChildhoodFieldsYouthValueDetailsMoodBlissRetreatDelightfulFloatingInsignificantCookiesChaoticWavesFranticDailyWorriesThe BeatlesVitalRosebudsTrivialMarcel ProustCitizen KaneStrawberryMemory LaneMadeleinePaper BoatsWalk DownBring BackLeitmotif Author:Erik Pevernagie
“I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really.” WellsMeanMadeFilmCoursesCitizensIncrediblesCitizen Kane Author:Patrick Macnee
“I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.” ExampleCitizensClassicEtcDeanClassic MovieCitizen Kane Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I really like my first movie a lot, "Kicking and Screaming." I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't "Citizen Kane" right out of the box, you know? It wasn't "Sex, Lies and Videotape."” ThinkingKnowsFirstsLyingSexProudCitizensBoxesKickingCitizen Kane Author:Noah Baumbach
“I personally think Chimes of Midnight is a much better film than Citizen Kane.” ThinkingFilmCitizensMidnightChimesCitizen Kane Author:Christian McKay
“You make a film and always hope you're going make "Citizen Kane" or "The Bicycle Thief." You make the film, and for one reason or another, one clicks and one doesn't, but it's out of your control completely.” ReasonFilmCitizensThievesBicycleClicksCitizen Kane Author:Woody Allen
“The book is almost always better than the movie. You could have no better case in point than FROM HELL, Alan Moore's best graphic novel to date, brilliantly illustrated by Eddie Campbell. It's hard to describe just how much better the book is. It's like, "If the movie was an episode of Battlestar Galactica with a guest appearance by the Smurfs and everyone spoke Dutch, the graphic novel is Citizen Kane with added sex scenes and music by your favourite ten bands and everyone in the world you ever hated dies at the end." That's how much better it is.” IfsWorldBookEndsHardDiesSexCasesNovelHellCitizensSceneBandTenAppearanceAssHatedSpokesGuestsFavouriteEpisodesBad AssGraphicDutchGraphic NovelsCitizen KaneSmurfBattlestar Galactica Author:Warren Ellis
“I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting.” ThinkingBelieveWould BeNamesGoneWindCitizensDon't BelieveDamnBetter OffGimmicksCitizen Kane Author:William Friedkin
“When I was young I had a security blanket and a pet dog. The dog got sick and died and the blanket had to be burned, so I guess I was trying to recreate the image of security in the bunny. It was a Citizen Kane/Rosebud thing.” TryingYoungSecurityDogCitizensSickDiedPetBurnedBlanketBunniesPet DogRosebudsCitizen Kane Author:Hugh Hefner
“I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: "I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane".” SaidI CanFilmHateWishMy OwnSawsCitizensI HateHornsBest FilmCitizen Kane Author:Barbra Streisand
“My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s.” ShowsFilmHouseCompanyPlayerDadCitizensSummerMy DadClassicRevivalBrooksGreat FilmOld MovieCitizen Kane Author:John Cusack
“I actually wanted to publish [ interview with Donald Trump about Citizen Kane] in the New York Times, but the circumstances under which I did that movie made me vulnerable to a lawsuit and at this point in my career, I don't want to go there. But it's amazing.” WantMadeWantedCareersNew YorkTrumpCitizensCircumstancesVulnerableInterviewsPublishNew York TimesLawsuitCitizen Kane Author:Errol Morris
“What's interesting is that Citizen Kane was meant as an anti-fascist/anti-capitalist melodrama and for Donald Trump it becomes just another kind of misogynistic claim that misses the point.” KindInterestingMissingTrumpCitizensClaimsCapitalistFascistsMelodramaCitizen Kane Author:Errol Morris
“Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story. The U.K.'s rough-and-tumble Fleet Street remains something of a throwback to that era, as demonstrated by the recent phone-hacking scandal - which led to the demise of yet another century-old paper, the 'News of the World.'” WorldStoriesStreetsCenturyFrontsCitizensPaperNewsPagesRemainsPhonesDrivenErasRoughScandalDemiseHackingThrowbackCitizen KaneFleet Street Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.” WritingHouseActingMinutesCitizensTenGood WritingGood ActingCitizen KaneTwister Author:Orson Scott Card
“Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all time in film. I don’t think anything had even seen anything quite like it. The photography was also unlike anything we’d seen. The odd coldness of the filmmaker towards the character reflects his own egomania and power, and yet a powerful empathy for all of them--it’s very interesting. It still holds up, and it’s still shocking. It takes storytelling and throws it up in the air.” ThinkingStillsCharacterFilmForceInterestingPowerfulRiskAirCitizensPhotographyEmpathyCleanStorytellingAll TimeOddFilmmakerShockingVery InterestingRisk-takingSlateForces Of NatureColdnessUp In The AirCitizen KaneEgomania Author:Martin Scorsese
“Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man - and I'm in all of them.” MenFilmDoubtCitizensShadowThirdsListsReedsCarolsHitchcockBest FilmCitizen Kane Author:Joseph Cotten
“Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.” MaySeemsActorsTalkingAirCitizensMovieJudaismCitizen Kane Book:The Citizen Kane book Source: The Citizen Kane book
“I discovered Orson Welles in college; my freshman English professor screened 'Citizen Kane' for us, and I wound up writing a 20-page term paper on it.” WritingTermCollegeCitizensPaperPagesWoundsProfessorsFreshmanCitizen KaneTerm Paper Author:Claire Danes
“Is 'Garden State' the next 'Citizen Kane'? Of course not. I'd like to think we aimed a little higher than that, frankly.” ThinkingLittlesStatesCoursesNextHigherCitizensGardenCitizen KaneGarden State Author:Zach Braff
“You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.” LooksLongEyeCuttingCitizensFascinatingCitizen Kane Author:Roger Ebert