I found the stories of Orson
Welles and WR Hurst quite interesting. Both had giant reputations in the world
and had so much to their name but ended up a disappointment at one point in
their live. It is said that you either like Welles or you hate him. I found
that I liked him. His voice is so powerful that I felt like I had to listen. I
liked how he did what he wanted despite the public opinion and one of his main
philosophies was “do you really care what the people think?”. This made him
unique as most people, especially those in the spotlight, really tried to stay
in line and conservative with their actions. He was a really creative man with
crazy talent and wasn’t afraid to show it. He didn’t wait for someone else to
make things happen, he invented new ways himself. This is shown in “Citizen
Kane” with his never-seen-before camera angles and movie techniques. He was the
first to use flashbacks and use music the way he did in “Citizen Kane” and is a
big risk to try on his first movie on a big time movie contract.
I didn’t
feel the same way about WR Hurst. I found him to be a rather bitter man with
too much money for his own good. I know this is mostly because of the way he is
portrayed in “Citizen Kane”, but I can only imagine it is similar to how he
really was. Even the way he looked in
the autobiography that we watched before hand while they talked of how he tried
to buy the movie and destroy before the release furthered my disfavor of him.
I enjoyed
the movie “Citizen Kane”. It was interesting to see the different filming
styles from when it was filmed and how it has evolved over the years to the
standard it is today. I also enjoyed how it was solely based on WR Hurst, but
also Orson Welles and Charles Foster Kane. I liked how the director put parts
of his life into the storyline and shows parts of his personality in the
character he played in the movie. It made it seem more real.
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