“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