Let's start with the film's title, Citizen Kane, which is an ironic title that perfectly echoes his social status of chasing Politician Kane for most of his life.
Let's talk about the "Rosebud" that runs through the whole play. At the end, when the cleaner was cleaning Kane's relics, he threw his childhood beloved skis into the incinerator. The raging flames instantly engulfed everything he had in his life, and the ashes scattered like petals. In one place, it implies things that he has never gained or lost, such as a happy and carefree childhood, such as a true love. At the end of the play, there are many explanations for Rosebud's understanding. Is it everything that Kane has gained, everything that has been lost, or those ordinary and important things that are easily forgotten? What is left to the world is a deep sigh and endless reflection.
An ordinary citizen who is trying to change the society, with a moment of enthusiasm, is young and vigorous, and regardless of all obstacles, he is dedicated to using news to dominate social public opinion. In the end, he was thrown from the sky by public opinion, so that his body was shattered and his reputation was discredited. At a critical moment, he is still stubborn in his own opinion, does not listen to dissuasion, and advocates that he can dominate public opinion, but at the same time he is afraid of being slandered by public opinion and lose face. Wandering between the contradictions between right and wrong, between truth and fallacy, unable to extricate themselves.
After his death, when the reporter interviewed Kane's best friend, his friend's words were chilling: I never regarded him as a real friend, maybe he didn't either, in this case, he wouldn't even have a friend , I never understood what he was thinking. Hearing this, he sighed involuntarily.
Kane was an idol and a loyal supporter of the special group of classlessness, but when he died, the whole society paid attention not to his contribution to this society, but to his last words "Rosebud" before his death. This kind of plot setting It alludes to the negative effects of the crowds that Gustave Le Pen mentioned in the book "The Rabble", and also implies the truth of "voluntarism", people who will do anything to achieve their goals and "mortals".
The amount of information implied in the whole spoiler is too large, and I will not finish thinking for a while.
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