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Thread started 08/14/08 7:57am

muirdo

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Finally Got Round To Watching Citizen Kane (spoiler been edited)

Unbloodybelievable...what a fantastic film.

I cant believe I had hadn't watched it sooner.
Whats probably more surprising is how I have managed to avoid finding out about "Rosebud" for so long.

Anyone else love this movie?
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Reply #1 posted 08/14/08 8:19am

HamsterHuey

This movie does not end up on 'best of ever'-lists so often for nothing.

It brings together story and image in probably one of the best acted movies ever. I love it.
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Reply #2 posted 08/14/08 8:33am

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HamsterHuey said:

This movie does not end up on 'best of ever'-lists so often for nothing.

It brings together story and image in probably one of the best acted movies ever. I love it.



Absolutely!!!
What I also loved about it was its pace,it was quick.Scenes had loads of dialogue(Tarantino totally influenced by this).It was beautifully filmed and so easy on the eye....i could go on and on.

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Reply #3 posted 08/14/08 8:36am

Imago

I heard this was the best American film ever made.

So I downloaded it from a torrent site. Well, the torrent was actually a spoof Porno movie called Citizen Shane. I posted a lengthy blog review of Citizen "Shane" on my myspace once so as not to have wasted all that time waiting on the download for nothing.


I still want to see Citizen "Cane" though, and now thanks to this thread, doubly so.
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Reply #4 posted 08/14/08 8:40am

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never saw it... neutral

but I have watched every John Hughes movie ever made atleast 20 times each...

I really need to see Citizen Kane one day... neutral
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Reply #5 posted 08/14/08 8:54am

HamsterHuey

roodboi said:

but I have watched every John Hughes movie ever made atleast 20 times each...


Buy Empire magazine (with Watchmen on the cover) as it has an article on Hughes in it. Iteresting read.
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Reply #6 posted 08/14/08 8:55am

HamsterHuey

Imago said:

I still want to see Citizen "Cane" though, and now thanks to this thread, doubly so.


Just buy the bleeding DVD. Or come to Amsterdam and watch mine.
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Reply #7 posted 08/14/08 8:55am

HamsterHuey

HamsterHuey said:

Imago said:

I still want to see Citizen "Cane" though, and now thanks to this thread, doubly so.


Just buy the bleeding DVD. Or come to Amsterdam and watch mine.


DVD, you hear me. I was talking about the DVD.
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Reply #8 posted 08/14/08 9:26am

Imago

HamsterHuey said:

Imago said:

I still want to see Citizen "Cane" though, and now thanks to this thread, doubly so.


Just buy the bleeding DVD. Or come to Amsterdam and watch mine.




I'm totally down for this.
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Reply #9 posted 08/14/08 9:28am

HamsterHuey

Imago said:

HamsterHuey said:



Just buy the bleeding DVD. Or come to Amsterdam and watch mine.


I'm totally down for this.


You, me, that bald fella and Lars, schnaps, beer and booz.
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Reply #10 posted 08/14/08 9:43am

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Wanna know what's even more amazing? Orson Welles was 26 years old when he made that film. Twenty-friggin'-six. And it consistently tops the "best films of all time" lists.
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Reply #11 posted 08/14/08 9:44am

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Oh - and it co-stars Joseph Cotten - one of my favorite actors. drool
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Reply #12 posted 08/14/08 9:49am

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i guess what makes this film a really big deal is how it was on the cutting edge of cinematography for its time. and a lot of the techniques used for this film became common or standard in the film industry afterwards. it wasn't just the story line that made it one of the best movies ever. lol
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Reply #13 posted 08/14/08 10:05am

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whats more interesting than the movie itself, for me, is the back story.

Im a film student and the past 2 weeks we've been studying the movie.


The entire movie is making fun of real well known man and his mistress. the rosebud in the movie is actually what the real man called his mistresses "vagina" So basically the whole movie isa big F.U. to hollywood, thus almost ending orsonwelles career.


I dont have the names right now but thats basically whats going on. the whole movie is one big inside joke.
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Reply #14 posted 08/14/08 10:06am

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magnificentsynthesizer said:

i guess what makes this film a really big deal is how it was on the cutting edge of cinematography for its time. and a lot of the techniques used for this film became common or standard in the film industry afterwards. it wasn't just the story line that made it one of the best movies ever. lol


Oh, no question about that! In particular, the low angle at which many of the scenes were shot was groundbreaking - because it showed the ceiling. It was (by all accounts) absolute hell either superimposing the ceiling or trying to light by another means so the set could have an actual ceiling.

Welles was a mad genius - there's very little dispute about that.
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Reply #15 posted 08/14/08 10:07am

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Nvncible1 said:

whats more interesting than the movie itself, for me, is the back story.

Im a film student and the past 2 weeks we've been studying the movie.


The entire movie is making fun of real well known man and his mistress. the rosebud in the movie is actually what the real man called his mistresses "vagina" So basically the whole movie isa big F.U. to hollywood, thus almost ending orsonwelles career.


I dont have the names right now but thats basically whats going on. the whole movie is one big inside joke.


William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.
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Reply #16 posted 08/14/08 10:23am

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Haven't seen this yet myself. I actually recorded it once but the damn channel managed to broadcast the movie 20 minutes late, so it missed the ending. Didn't want to watch it without the ending, of course.
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Reply #17 posted 08/14/08 10:24am

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Genesia said:

Nvncible1 said:

whats more interesting than the movie itself, for me, is the back story.

Im a film student and the past 2 weeks we've been studying the movie.


The entire movie is making fun of real well known man and his mistress. the rosebud in the movie is actually what the real man called his mistresses "vagina" So basically the whole movie isa big F.U. to hollywood, thus almost ending orsonwelles career.


I dont have the names right now but thats basically whats going on. the whole movie is one big inside joke.


William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.


yup thats what i had heard too,although Rosebud was her clitoris.
It makes so much sense now lol
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Reply #18 posted 08/14/08 10:26am

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muirdo said:

Genesia said:



William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.


yup thats what i had heard too,although Rosebud was her clitoris.
It makes so much sense now lol


? HA HA!

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Reply #19 posted 08/14/08 10:27am

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still haven't seen it.
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Reply #20 posted 08/14/08 10:27am

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magnificentsynthesizer said:

muirdo said:



yup thats what i had heard too,although Rosebud was her clitoris.
It makes so much sense now lol


so it wasnt.....? HA HA!


edit your shameful spoiler falloff
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Reply #21 posted 08/14/08 10:29am

Imago

calldapplwondery83 said:

Haven't seen this yet myself. I actually recorded it once but the damn channel managed to broadcast the movie 20 minutes late, so it missed the ending. Didn't want to watch it without the ending, of course.

You're hot
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Reply #22 posted 08/14/08 10:33am

calldapplwonde
ry83

Imago said:

calldapplwondery83 said:

Haven't seen this yet myself. I actually recorded it once but the damn channel managed to broadcast the movie 20 minutes late, so it missed the ending. Didn't want to watch it without the ending, of course.

You're hot


Tell me something new. pout
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Reply #23 posted 08/14/08 10:34am

HamsterHuey

calldapplwondery83 said:

Haven't seen this yet myself. I actually recorded it once but the damn channel managed to broadcast the movie 20 minutes late, so it missed the ending. Didn't want to watch it without the ending, of course.


You are cordially invited to a private screening...
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Reply #24 posted 08/14/08 10:35am

HamsterHuey

calldapplwondery83 said:

Imago said:


You're hot


Tell me something new. pout


You smell of mansex.
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Reply #25 posted 08/14/08 10:36am

Imago

calldapplwondery83 said:

Imago said:


You're hot


Tell me something new. pout

I may be in Germany next year. I know you're straight, but I'm only interested in staring.

You should be there.
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Reply #26 posted 08/14/08 10:42am

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Imago said:

I heard this was the best American film ever made.

So I downloaded it from a torrent site. Well, the torrent was actually a spoof Porno movie called Citizen Shane. I posted a lengthy blog review of Citizen "Shane" on my myspace once so as not to have wasted all that time waiting on the download for nothing.


I still want to see Citizen "Cane" though, and now thanks to this thread, doubly so.


You seem to have this issue quite often Dan. I would def check your computer...I think you have gay spyware installed somehow.

Christian Zombie Vampires

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Reply #27 posted 08/14/08 10:42am

calldapplwonde
ry83

HamsterHuey said:

calldapplwondery83 said:

Haven't seen this yet myself. I actually recorded it once but the damn channel managed to broadcast the movie 20 minutes late, so it missed the ending. Didn't want to watch it without the ending, of course.


You are cordially invited to a private screening...





Got some Ingmar Bergman, too? Haven't seen any of his either and they're supposed to be fantastic.
Last one I have seen was 'There Will Be Blood'. Amazing. biggrin
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Reply #28 posted 08/14/08 10:44am

calldapplwonde
ry83

HamsterHuey said:

calldapplwondery83 said:



Tell me something new. pout


You smell of mansex.


nod

I smell like your dreams come true.
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Reply #29 posted 08/14/08 10:46am

calldapplwonde
ry83

Imago said:

calldapplwondery83 said:



Tell me something new. pout

I may be in Germany next year. I know you're straight, but I'm only interested in staring.

You should be there.



I will try to have some free time. nod
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