Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is an old film released September 5, 1941. There are no known events or philosophies that influence this film. It belongs to the drama and mystery genre. One idea that I will like to define from this movie is that money, fame and material things cannot buy love. In this movie Charles Kane tried to buy his last wife instead of actually showing love to her. This film did not originate from any other work. It was received quite well due to the fact that it was an nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories and won one for the best writing and original screenplay.

 By viewing the title "Citizen Kane" I interpret the title was given to show a regular citizen of the U.S. being recognized. I expected  that this movie was going to be about an ordinary person being recognized for a remarkable act that he/she has done. When the film first starts there is strange music playing then it introduces the audience to a man with a mustache that says "Rosebud" then suddenly dropped a snow globe as if something horrifying had occurred. As a viewer of this scene my intentions were to ask, "who was this man, what is rosebud and what has happened?"

Throughout this movie there were many interesting scenes but there were three most important ones. The first significant scene is when Mr. Kane was taken away from his parents as a young boy by a man name Mr. Thatcher. This was an important scene because it was the onset of Mr. Kane's journey of life as of how he came about being the person he was. The second most important scene is when Mr. Kane signs the Declaration of Principles to be over the newspaper company called The Inquirer. By signing this he agreed to the citizens to provide daily news that's accurate and honest. This is an important scene because he took the newspaper business serious and promise to keep his citizens informed in every paper. The last important scene is when Mr. Kane's third wife leaves him because she did not the lifestyle that she was living with him. This is an important scene because this was the first time she stood up to him making him understand what type of person he was and how selfish he was towards her. Also this is important because right after she stormed out, he destroys her room, walks out and dies. The climax of the movie occurs when Susan, Kane's third wife, breaks up with him. This is the highest point of the movie because he was left miserable after this. This illustrates the main idea because it shows that Mr. Kane can not always have his way in life. There were no loose ends in the movie because what was rosebud was finally answered at the end of the movie.


There were three most important characters in this movie. Those were Charles Kane, Jedediah and Susan Alexander. Charles Kane was develop through his actions throughout the movie. His purpose in the movie was to show  how one can have all the fame and money and still be unhappy when things aren't going as they should. Jedediah is one of Kane's close friend. He plays an important role because he got fired from the newspaper business after telling the truth about his wife performance at an show. Jedediah serves a purpose of honesty in the movie that Mr. Kane could not handle. Last important character is Susan, Charles Kane's wife. She serves a purpose of happiness to Mr. Kane but a wake up call to him also. Susan helped Charles Kane realize how selfish and unconcerned he was about others. The purpose of the movie is to entertain with an interesting movie about a man who had it all but lost it all at the end. There is one symbol in this movie and it was the sled. The sled was named Rosebud from Kane's childhood. This symbolized his childhood.