“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
“When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.” WayKidsFilmClassCitizensOverwhelmedSecond Class Citizens Author:Brit Marling
“Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen, but it's also a country based on racism and they don't talk about that too much and every time there's a film which deals with it there's certain parts of the country that feel uncomfortable.” FeelsCountryFilmCertainDealsToo MuchRightsCitizensPromiseProtectRacismConstitutionUncomfortable Author:Denzel Washington
“Like the panic stricken populace of 'The War of the Worlds' and countless other 1950s invasion movies, the victims are there to provide the human ground over which monster and expert, threat and defender, disordering and ordering impulses can battle it out. Second-class citizens of the genre, they are narratively indispensable because physically entirely disposable. We are only really involved with them in the momentary tension of their capture or demise.” WorldHumansWarFilmClassCitizensInvolvedBattleHollywoodVictimThreatMonstersImpulseGenreWar Of The WorldsExpertsTensionCapturePanicIndispensableInvasionDefendersMomentaryDemiseDisposableSecond Class Citizens Author:Andrew Tudor
“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
“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'm not trying to push my political agenda on anybody. I'll do that like any other citizen by giving money to a party or candidate I believe in. I don't mind going out and endorsing somebody I believe in. But when we're talking about my films, I don't think my politics should have anything to do with it.” ThinkingGivingShouldTryingMindBelieveFilmPoliticalI BelievePartyTalkingCitizensShould HaveI Believe InCandidatesAgendasGoing OutPolitical AgendasGiving MoneyEndorsing Author:Sydney Pollack