Voters Include: Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, John Walker.

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Product Description

A fascinating story of idealism corrupted by wealth Citizen Kane is frequently named the greatest film of all time and is credited with inspiring more directorial careers than any other film in history. Orsen Welles and Agnes Moorehead star.Running Time: 119 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 053939656527 Manufacturer No: T6565DVD

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2001-09-25
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 119 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if ambiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known easily. Welles plays newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. The result is that every well-meaning or tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and photographed by Gregg Toland, the film is the sum of Welles's awesome ambitions as an artist in Hollywood. He pushes the limits of then-available technology to create a true magic show, a visual and aural feast that almost seems to be rising up from a viewer's subconsciousness. As Kane, Welles even ushers in the influence of Bertolt Brecht on film acting. This is truly a one-of-a-kind work, and in many ways is still the most modern of modern films from the 20th century. --Tom Keogh

DVD features
No minuscule "featurette" for the greatest movie ever made. The backbone for this grand two-disc set is the 1995 Oscar®-nominated documentary The Battle over Citizen Kane, a very rich two-hour film on how this masterpiece was almost destroyed by Welles's adversary, William Randolph Hearst. A great remastered print is complemented by two running commentaries, the better one by critic Roger Ebert. Don't think you want a two-hour lecture by Mr. Ebert? Just listen to his 10-minute talk over the gallery of photographs from the movie (which you can flip through manually with your remote or see as a slide show), and you'll want more. Ad campaigns, storyboards, and even call sheets are included in this must-have DVD. --Doug Thomas

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Customer Reviews

Pleased
The quality of the DVD's are really good. I studied this movie as part of a "Film" elective study and it brought back the good memories. We didn't have the benefit of the 2nd disk in those days. Really interesting for those who love the movie making industry.

This is a must see. At least for the record
I am not sure I want to jump on the bandwagon and claim that this is the greatest movie ever. However, I enjoyed it and highly recommend the dvd set. The dvd set has a documentary too. It seems that the life story of Orson Wells is as interesting as the movie and has certain resemblance to the character Kane in the movie.

Rosebud
What a catch-phrase if there ever was one. I remember this saying from when I was a youngster. But now that I am an adult I can understand the movie for its point of view and suggestions.