As a great movie at the end of the golden age of Hollywood, "Citizen Kane" is a masterpiece in terms of story and audiovisual language. The film tells the long story of the life of newspaper tycoon Charles Kane. This film has very important double modern meanings: first, it is a film that reveals humanity rather than showing the storyline; second, the perspective given by the film is diversified, giving viewers an open answer finally. The character creation is real and dramatic. Let’s make a personal understanding and analysis of several passages of the film. 1. The beginning of the film lasts approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds. The director used 21 shots to enter Kane’s manor villa from the perspective of a peeper to explain Kane’s death. Orson Wells did not lead us directly into Kane’s bedroom. Instead, he started from the "No Entry" sign outside the door, and slowly entered with a set of dissolving screens of moving lenses, and the dissolving screen , Different angles, different sceneries. But the lighted window in the upper right corner has always been in the same position, which indicates that there is the center of the incident. 2. A news film appeared in the film, a news film specially produced for Kane's death. This news film has a greater role in the film, and it represents the public's perspective. It takes about 9 minutes to condense Kane's life, but the amount of information is very rich, including Kane's life experience, career, marriage, opinions...It has very important significance. First of all, it uses a short period of time to help the audience build an overall impression of Kane. Because behind the film is Kane from different perspectives, so as not to confuse the audience. Secondly, the documentary itself has an open point of view. Some people think that Kane is the Communist Party, some people think that he is a fascist, and he himself thinks that he is an American. This also provided motivation for the beginning of the film to ask what kind of person Kane is. . A good film will always leave countless wonderful pictures. The last set of shots of the film are exactly the same as the beginning shots, except that the movement is the opposite. The return of the lens is the origin of our exploration of Kane's heart. We still don't know anything about Kane. Everything about Kane ends with the black smoke. This is a completely futile movie, but human nature retains its final dignity in this inexplicable and inexplicable way.
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