Citizen Kane’s influence on the look of films in the l940’s can be particularly observed in the deep shadows and expressionist lighting of film noir In Hollywood’s
Citizen Kane is one of the most important. It is a vanguard motion
White Film Studies 140 11 October 2014 Casablanca versus Citizen Kane The history of film is a relatively new subject area, approximately two centuries old. Therefore, trying to determine a film to take the title "greatest movie ever made" proves to be a difficult task. After all, innovations in films are still being made today. However, we can find the greatest innovations in film's early years, like in the movies Casablanca and Citizen Kane. These two films are often thought to be the best ever,…
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In Fabe’s essay on Citizen Kane, she explains how elements of Expressionism and Realism are combined but also hint at Modernist influences, such as Soviet Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism. Fabe uses specific examples of scenes to demonstrate how Orson Welles, the director of Citizen Kane, uses these artistic movements to produce his highly popular film. Through the combination and toying of different styles of film, Orson Welles creates a film in which the viewer is grounded in a realist narrative…
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My argument is that I do not think illegal immigrants take away jobs from U.S. citizens. Furthermore, the immigrants, in general, helped American community for numerous reasons. For example, the immigrants had influenced American society: “Immigrants and the second generation have played a remarkable role in the American creative arts, including writing, directing, producing, and acting in American films and plays for most of the first half of the 20th century” (Hirschman). This evidence shows that…
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the period can be seen in the critically acclaimed film, Citizen Kane, as it dealt with class division and societal realities. The regulation of film in the thirties gave birth to the screwball comedy and other types of film as a result of major film studios trying to avoid censorship…
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Smith Goes to Washington were later joined in the film history hall of fame by Orson Welles’ masterpiece: Citizen Kane in 1941. Although its political message was subtle compared to the previously discussed films, it involves corruption and the endeavors of mass media. CK also discusses the Spanish-American war and the Great Depression but its main focus is gutter…
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Marijuana The Question Up in Smoke The issue of legalizing marijuana is a heated topic of debate. With more citizens using the drug and more money being invested to enforce the laws on marijuana this argument is exploding. Marijuana use has traditionally been frowned upon but with new scientific studies the benefits of the drug can hardly be ignored anymore. Should the U.S. government take the initiative and legalize cannabis or should it still be a denounced part of society unrecognized and…
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subsequent retaliation in the form of the Doolittle Raid. When the Japanese army drop their bombs on the largest American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor they “awaken a sleeping giant” (Bay). American President “Franklin Roosevelt wanted to retaliate” (Kane) and thus immediately announced a “state of war” (Franklin D. Roosevelt: For a Declaration of War). “Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces” (Doolittle Raid) was subsequently enlisted to head a top secret mission, of which…
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INTRODUCTION Non-Governmental Organizations are a significant potential force for promoting implementation of developmental programs and projects such as poverty alleviation in areas such as Africa and Zambia in particular. They have for example, pioneered participatory methods in project design and implementation and are strong advocates of strategies that view the poor as economic and social actors rather than passive recipients of welfare. This essay seeks to discuss the concept of ‘Just…
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in them selves gives huge evidence to the massive effect of the Cold War on American life and culture. When films were first produced in America, they were the great art movies of the 1920s and 1930s. Films such as Wuthering Heights7 (1939) and Citizen Kane8 (1941) which were produced before the advent of the Cold War and as such do not have the same backing and thus hidden agenda of those made after 1945. This censorship and government involvement is most evident in the production of a British…
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Explain the economic organisation of Hollywood studios in the 1930s. What are the consequences of this structure on the type of films produced? The time in the 1930s was a period when the United States economy nearly collapsed. The silent era led the Hollywood film industry to develop an oligopoly, in which small number of companies cooperated to close the market to competition. However, this caused the structure of oligopoly to change as Depression hit the US. This meant, the Hollywood Studio System…
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