Orson Welles 	Orson Welles was an actor‚ producer‚ director‚ writer‚ and columnist who revolutionized the film industry by directing movies that depicted men and woman as real human beings. Throughout his writing career‚ Welles’ characters reflected his own personality and inspired others to write about human struggles‚ both good and bad. An innovative‚ dynamic individual‚ Welles spent his entire life experimenting with different mediums and bringing to the world his vision of man’s never
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Miranda Garcia-Mann March 12‚ 2012 3rd Film Crit Word Count 801 Orson Welles "A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet." Orson Welles Welles was born on May 6‚ 1915‚ in Kenosha‚ Wisconsin; he began his career as a stage actor before going on to radio. His stage debut was made at the Gate Theatre in Dublin‚ Ireland in autumn of 1931‚ where he acted in Hamlet. Welles tried to enter the London and Broadway stages but was rejected. Thus sending him on
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On October 30‚ 1938‚ Orson Welles broadcasted a revised version of the novel War of the Worlds over the air as part of his usual radio dramas. The broadcast‚ however‚ was revised so it would be set in the United States and it even sounded like a news report. The radio drama led to mass panic all over the United States and even deaths. Because of this broadcast‚ Orson Welles is guilty of violating the Clear and Present Danger Clause of the 1st Amendment. Orson Welles violated the Clear and Present
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movies such as Orson Welles “Citizen Kane “. When the golden age emerged in 1941 World War ll started and when it ended 4 years later it was hard for Hollywood to bounce back to what it was. The making of “Citizen Kane “redefined the look of modern cinema and changed forever the way in which American audience and film historians talk about the movies. In “Citizen Kane “Orson Welles used evocative depth of field (deep focus). Welles’s used this visual style throughout the film. Welles used a different
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in the eyes of creator. Orson Welles created a tragic hero in several of his films‚ including Othello and Citizen Kane. Although his description varies from others‚ it is evident that his remains the same throughout his films. Orson Welles defines the tragic hero as a man who has always had a difficult life yet‚ is a well-known‚ important figure in their setting who‚ although is tall and handsome‚ is two-sided‚ desperate for love and loses everything by his death. Welles’ Othello and Kane are no
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles‚ its producer‚ co-author‚ director and star. The picture was Welles’s first feature film. Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories‚ it won an Academy Award for Best Writing by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles. Considered by many critics‚ filmmakers‚ and fans to be the greatest film ever made‚ Citizen Kane was voted the greatest film of all time in five consecutive Sight & Sound polls of critics‚ until it was displaced by Vertigo in
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Citizen Kane‚ directed by Orson Welles‚ is considered to still be one of the world’s greatest movies ever produced. Citizen Kane is a powerful dramatic tale about the uses and abuses of wealth and power. It’s a classic American tragedy about a man of great passion‚ vision‚ and greed‚ who pushes himself until he brings ruins to himself and all around him. From the scene depicting Kane’s meeting Jim Gettys‚ the audience observes that Kane has aborted his youthful ambitions and has become self-absorbed
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An exploration of the jigsaw sequence in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. The life of the fictional newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane‚ as depicted by Orson Welles (1941)‚ is the larger-than-life story of a wealthy and powerful man. And yet‚ Kane’s story is one of loneliness‚ loss and a desperate need to be loved. Kane is at once a powerful patriarchal figure‚ ruling those around him by sheer force of will‚ and a lost little boy in search of the mother who sent him away. This essay will seek to tease
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Orson Welles used light and shadow not as a necessity but to give scenes a certain meaning and atmosphere. He used lighting expressively to inject viewers with desired emotions. Prior to that moment movies and their messages were transmitted from the screen to the audience through the content of the film rather than the way it was shot. (Alton‚ 87) In other words‚ ‘Citizen Kane’ can be seen as the first time ever for a filmmaker to use the technicality of filmmaking in conjunction with the content
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A Fledgling’s Masterpeice Citizen Kane is widely hailed as the "great American film" and with good reason. From its complex narrative structure to pioneering photography to its incredibly rich use of sound‚ Welles’ 1941 picture remains one of the most innovative movies ever to come out of a Hollywood studio. Even Today Citizen Kane stands out as one of the great films of all time. Unfolding almost entirely in flashback‚ Welles’s masterpiece presents various perspectives on the oversized life of
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