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The film was originally called "American", when George Schaefer, the owner of Raiden Hua Company, suggested that it be changed to "Citizen Kane". Wells also considered using the name "John Q.".
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There is a bug in the film, that is, because Kane died alone, his last words "Rosebud" will not be heard.
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At the beginning of the film, only the title was typed without the starring name, which was unprecedented in Hollywood at the time.
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The filming of the film is confidential. Hirst believes that the film is alluding to himself, so he protested and tried to buy the film for $800,000 and ban it from being shown.
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In order to achieve the special effects that Wells pursued, the film used a large number of special effects shots when there was only a setting fee of 100,000 US dollars at that time.
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Most of the actors in the film come from the Crystal Theatre Company founded by Wells at the age of 21, and have almost no experience in film acting.
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Not long after the opening of the film, there was a scene of an elderly Kane being interviewed by reporters. In fact, the reporter holding the microphone is the photographer Gregg Toland of the film.
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The voice of Susan singing opera in the film was provided by a professional opera singer, Jean Forward from the San Francisco Opera House. She deliberately sang badly and asked Wells not to make her true identity public.
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In order to get rid of the control of the studio, Wells lied that the actors and crew members were still rehearsing. In fact, they had been filming for several days.
Citizen Kane behind the scenes gags
2021-10-18 09:27
Extended Reading
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Rebeka 2021-10-20 19:00:24
"Summarize all the techniques of the ten years since the advent of sound films", to maximize the expansion of the basic form and structure of film voice, breaking the narrative method of traditional film linear causality as the main line; the theme and clues rose buds, echoing the open structure; objective reality Combined with subjective intentions, paragraph shots, deep and deep focus, shadow backlighting, different editing styles for long shots in the same scene, audio montage
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Chase 2022-03-24 09:01:10
The first time I watched this film is bound to disapprove it, just because I was tired of being famous. I will be convinced again and again. Anyway, I didn't understand this time, so I will discuss whether I am convinced next time. . . By the way: "Rosebud", the name Kane used to refer to the sled, turned out to be Hirst (Kane)'s nickname for one of the most private parts of Davis (Susan).
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Charles Foster Kane: A toast, Jedediah: to Love on my own terms.
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Susan Alexander Kane: Love! You don't love anybody! Me or anybody else! You want to be loved - that's all you want! I'm Charles Foster Kane. Whatever you want - just name it and it's yours! Only love me! Don't expect me to love you!