1942, the 14th Oscar, "Green Hills and Green Valley" defeated "Citizen Kane" and won the Best Picture Award.
Many years later, time has proved that this is a "historical error."
Before the Oscars realized that movies can be more varied, Orson Wells refreshed the world's perception of movies with unprecedented shooting methods. The main innovations of
can be summarized into three points.
First, a multi-view nonlinear narrative structure.
Second, use light and dark light to convey the emotions of the characters.
Third, use a deep focus lens to reveal more picture information.
also has sound montages, sports long shots, looking up shots and other methods that have been imitated and learned by latecomers. Now the movies we see have become what they are now.
is no exaggeration to say that it is "Citizen Kane" and that define modern cinema.
As a "movie textbook", "Citizen Kane" is impeccable. Only the first line at the beginning "rose bud" is full of controversy. Some people at
think that it is the central word of the whole movie, and the whole story is to explain the deep meaning hidden in it; some people at
think that it is just an introduction, just to make the movie more suspenseful, it doesn’t matter what it means. Some people even said that it was just a joke made by Orson Wells.
The true meaning of "rose bud" is an unsolved mystery in the history of film, just like who is the murderer in "Memories of Murder" , if the answer can be uncovered outside the movie, it will be shocking to movie fans. Unfortunately, Orson Wells did not leave a clear answer before he died. The
audience is like the reporter in the film, who can only solve the "Rose Mystery" through the narration of the protagonist Charles Foster Kane's relatives and friends.
This is a very clever way of narrative. It turns out that Kane's story has been disassembled. The audience needs to use their brains to reconstruct his real life.
Fortunately than the reporter, the audience from the "God's perspective" finally learned the true origin of the "rosebud". It turns out that in the classic scene of signing an agreement between a mother and a banker, the "rose bud" has already appeared.
Before "Citizen Kane" , most film shots focused on the role, and the background only needs to explain the environment. The rebellious Orson Wells did not do that. He used a deep focus lens to construct the front, middle, and back three levels, and connected the three levels through a long lens. The last party of
was Kane when he was a child, his father in the middle, and the mother and banker who signed the agreement in front. Such a setting implies the division of the whole family, and the emotional discord between his father and mother. Kane was sent away to receive a better education, and his fate was completely rewritten in this way.
Then the audience can see the "rose bud" more clearly, but the director deliberately set a foreshadowing, and the thick snow buried Kane's childhood.
According to the housekeeper's account, Kane once had a crystal ball and said "rose bud" after falling out with his second wife. When
passed away, he too was holding the crystal ball. The true source of the
crystal ball and the "rose bud" has one thing in common-both can symbolize childhood. The opening crystal ball of
is full of strange scenes, a kind of innocent and romantic imagination, which means that Kane still has a childlike innocence when he passes away.
is so sure that the "rose bud" is related to Kane's childhood. If
needs to be further explored, it can only be speculated.
may be the elderly Kane remembering his childhood and missing his parents;
may be regretting losing his ideals and missing his own declaration of principles;
may have just remembered the related things just before his death What I said casually, everything is just over-interpretation caused by the media trying to hype.
In fact, in the final part, reporter Jerry Thompson has summarized it very well. His lines can be regarded as the official answer of Orson Wells.
"He got everything he wanted, and then he lostUp. Maybe the rose bud was something he didn't get, or something he lost. None of this explains anything. "
Kane's life experience is too legendary, it is impossible to completely dismantle his life.
"I don't think four words can explain a person's life, I guess the rose bud is just a piece of cardboard in a puzzle game. , The missing piece. "
"Rosebud" is the central word of the film, but it does not fully reflect the complex character of Kane. Thompson's guess is that it complements the final mystery. The rose bud is related to Kane's childhood, and the beautiful childhood is indeed Kane. One of the missing pieces in the life puzzle.
may have realized that Thompson has not found the truth. Mr. Bernstein, the manager of
, admires Kane, and he doesn’t think "rose bud" has any special meaning.
's former close friend Leland thinks Kane is lost The initial self, self-inflation led to his decline.
's second wife Susan thought Kane was a machismo, and it was very painful to get along with this overly egoic person. The
housekeeper Raymond felt that Kane was just a poor employer.
every Kane in the eyes of individuals is different. These subjective opinions can hardly be regarded as accurate descriptions. The legend of
has passed away. The American citizen Kane has left behind his wealth, but takes away his lonely secret.
seems to be During the investigation, Kane's lost conscience, Thompson gave up the investigation because he has found the answer-unless Kane is resurrected, he will never be able to answer it.
No one can really understand him, he is a lonely giant .
In "Citizen Kane" , Kane's real body only appears once at the beginning, and the rest are descriptions from others. This is completely the same as the second-generation godfather of the second-generation godfather, Michael Corleone, who is also controversial. Different perceptions.
synthesizes the clues of all people, and it is certain that Kane is a very self-conscious person.
has a gold mine heritage and does not continue to expand his wealth, but resolutely wants to open a newspaper, which shows that he has a strong opinion , And has his own ideals and ambitions. The success of
"Inquiry" proves his outstanding ability, of course, and strong financial resources. He fearlessly exposes the ugly side of society, showing that he has enough courage to support him He also wanted to expand his influence through politics, but the cruel reality defeated him mercilessly. He insisted on his ideal, continued to be self-centered, and wanted to prove himself again in front of the world. So that he ignored the feelings of his relatives and friends around him.
Charles Foster Kane, an extreme idealist.
He spent his entire life trying to change the world. However, when he became a black smoke and disappeared, no one knew him. Why do you want to do that.
, no matter how perfect and proud a person is in his own eyes, he will look different in the eyes of others.
Kane is a success Meritors are also losers. While gaining fame and wealth, he is also losing innocence and happiness.
thinks of a Hong Kong music "Youth and Ignorance" , Lin Ruoning wrote the lyrics.
"It's good to be young, and poverty is good. A mosquito savings is enough to be happy, and cheap guitar expresses my irritability."
"rose bud" is not just a "cheap guitar" that can bring people happiness.
Actually both of us are lonely. You know few people, but I know many people. ——"Citizen Kane"
