Citizen Kane Study guide
How many years ahead of its time is this movie
40
How many academy award nominations
9 only receive one
Describe invisible wipes
A visual effect that wipes one image off the screen and another on. Allows minature replicas to look huge
Who played Kane's mother
Agnes moorehead
What are two major themes
Arrogance of power Loss of innocence
Flashback #2
Bernstein Early days of newspaper "Decarlation of principles" Kane travels ti wurope Engaged to presidents niece
Flashback #3
Breakfast montage(represents his failing marriage) First meeting w susan Campaign for gov of NY Affair busted Reported in papers Kane fires leladn
Who does orson Welles play
Charlie foster kane
What are matte drawings
Created by artist to create scenes that arent really there. Opening and closing scenes of Xanadu are excellent examples
What is a very common strategy of lighting and composition that is used
Deep focus
How are optical illusions used
Deep focus makes the objects look big in back and represents charlie being small/irrelevant
Who plays Kane's second wife and what is her name in the movie
Dorothy comingore plays susan alexander kane
The movie is a series of...?
Flashbacks
Who plays mr thatcher
George coulouris
What does the butler try to do to the reporter
He tried to sell him info
Who plays Charlie's best friend and what is his name in the movie
Joseph cotten plays jed leland
Who is the office manager for Kane's newspaper, and who plays him
Mr bernstein is played by everett sloane
Why didn't the movie win more academy awards
No one ib hollywood liked orson welles
What is the opening scene
No trespassing Zooming in on window Kanes death Whispers rosebud
Do thatcher and Kane have a good relationship
No, they are constantly arguing
Director
Olson Welles
What career is Susan forced into
Opera/singing
Who plays the Butler and what is the characters name
Paul stewart pkays raymond(the butler)
Who says "this is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle"
Paul thompson (the reporter)
Who is the reporter trying to solve what rosebud means and who plays him
Paul thompson is pkayed by william alland
Who knows all the "secrets"
Raymond, the butler
When she struck it rich what did Kane's mother do for charlie
Sent him away to learn how to handle his money
What happened to Kane's mom at the begining
She struck it rich.
Flashback #4
Singing lessons Opera debut was disaster Susan attempts suicide Life at Xanadu(castle) jigsaw puzzles Fight at the picnic Susan leaves kane
Who does Thompson talk to first
Susan but she refuses him
Flashback #1
Thatcher 8year old charkue Kane starting newspaper Stovk market crash
What was rosebud
The sled, represnts the loss of his childhood
How do they represent time passing
They use newspaper headlines, the breakfast scene to show time passing.
Who is sent to interview people about rosebud
Thompson
Flashback #5
Trashes susans room Says "rosebud" abd anger calms
How are visible ceilings used
Visible ceilings allows for low angle shots which represents that characters are more powerful
Who was Charlie foster Kane based off of
William radnolph herst, a newspaper man
How is the news real scene important
"News on the march" Provides framework for view Established that the movie is about hearst
