I have collected so much in my life that I can’t find my childhood beloved sleigh
The name of "Citizen Kane" can be seen in books such as film history, film theory, etc., and it is also used in many audiovisual language classes. I was already lying deep in the hard drive a long time ago, but I just lay down like this, and it is only now that I review Nortel Kaobo and take it out seriously.
Then I sighed, why didn't I watch it long ago? This is the master of film art!
It can be said that Orson Wells has mastered most of the audiovisual language technology that the film and television technology can achieve at that time, and blended into his own films freely and without showing off.
Just like great novels are always full of metaphors and referents, great movies will not stupidly just use the lens to record and present, and not only stay at the basic requirement of telling a good story.
The angle of the camera, the height of the actor's posture, the multiple mirrors, the voice of a woman's voice, the composition of the spatial relationship, the lighting of light and shadow, etc. all have rich connotations. Orson is simply a master of weaving metaphors into the film. Every audience You can see interpretations that resonate with your own experience.
The movie uses the word "rosebud" in Kane's last words as a clue, and uses interview memories to run through Kane's life. In fact, the life experience of this man is nothing more than these aspects:
Family relationship: signed a contract by his mother, handed over to Saichel to raise, far away from home, lack of maternal love since childhood, independent growth. Generally, in this kind of adversity childhood, either a genius is trained or a villain is abolished, and Kane has both.
Career: It originated from a kind of will-driven action in order to prove his prowess, so he dared to fight hard, just do what he said, just to take advantage of the propaganda media, soaring, young. But this kind of success is an unstable cornerstone, and it's all a bubble. Once the image of external public relations collapses, the career will fall apart.
Politics: Political struggle is the highest peak of every man's desire, trying to win everyone's votes, thinking that it is the affirmation and love of others for oneself. But after all, this is just a game under certain rules, nothing more than a war that treats votes as bullets. History is always surprisingly similar, no one is perfect, and scandals are the flaws of almost all candidates. I don't know how many people running for governor and president eventually fell on the road to scandalous scandals. Don't really push your competitors to a desperate situation. Dogs will bite when they are in a hurry.
Money: For this kind of successful people who have been monopolized in an industry, money is only a number, and this number will also be related to government money printing, bank exchange rates, and national policies. So they are far from satisfied with money. It is to upgrade to the collection, thinking that these statues, antiques, and artworks with stories, experiences and history contain the value of wealth. It's like he didn't forget to turn around to take the trophy that the employees collectively gave him, because it was inscribed with his achievements and entrusted everyone's love for him. But in the end, all these collections are still hard to compare with the joy brought to him by the sleigh when he was young.
Love: Two-term marriage, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is not pure love, it is all desire and impulse. They are political demands and willfulness. The first Emily understood well. As a young man who just started a business, of course he would take the initiative to build political relationships in order to make his career bigger and stronger. The president's niece is simply the best choice. But most men after they become famous, the reasons for derailment are varied, but it is always dissatisfaction with desire. Kane saw in Susan his lost natural childhood, the kind of desire to dream of being white and flawless, so he projected his desire to In Susan, she even forced Susan from the showbiz to prove her omnipotence in influence and control.
Friendship: In his social circle, there is a group of flattering dogs. Yes, I'm talking about Bernstein's generation. There is also an outspoken friend, Li Lan. Those who really dare to confront you directly are the brothers. But after all, Kane's measurement could not be tolerated. He always sought a way to reconcile with Li Lan, but because of his self-esteem, he would never step up or bend his knees. And those friends and friends, when his career collapsed, the tree fell and fell apart.
Dreams: Kane, there are no dreams, they are all proficient, all attitudes, and the attitude of living for others. Since he was taken away from his mother, he has been living to prove himself. It is often said that the older a person lives, the more he will live like a child. Perhaps, playing in the snow in childhood was his purest happy time. It was the only rose bud he never forgot.
Palace: He finally became the monkey king in the woods. It's just that even monkeys are butlers, servants, and workers who need him to pay.
These are all the feelings that I wrote down impulsively after watching the movie. As for the analysis of audiovisual language, let's list them one by one in conjunction with the pull film notes.
In short, the whole process of watching a movie is like looking in a mirror. Because Kane and himself are really alike, that kind of ambition, kind of desire to be loved by everyone, kind of childlike willfulness, but people make money, I don’t; people get old and die, I also pay No; they didn't find rose buds until they died. I didn't. I found that I had a lot of rose buds on my hands.
In fact, which one of the audience is not Kane, what about your rosebuds?
Finally, I still want to raise a question here. The film connects the memories of the interviewees through interviews. However, most of the memory clips presented after the flashback are from Kane’s personal perspective, which is unknown to the interviewee. Such presentation is inevitable. The role of the camera as the eye of the movie is exaggerated. But from another angle, it was seen that the content was conjectured and fabricated by the interviewee, and the explanation made sense, but it also shook the theme of the whole film. No matter, my nitpicking is meaningless in front of a film with such a high intention and skill.
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