her voice is so lovely,it reminds me of those "great" talents such as the ones that are appearing now a days on such shows like "America's got talent" along with those hyped up nothings like Susan Boyle and that car salesman Paul Pots.
The moment at about 2:32 when the curtain goes up is one of my favorites in all of film--she's been swamped with people paid to help her, and then she's all on her own when that giant emptiness of the opera house opens up before her, and she has to try--somehow--to fill that enormous void with her tiny voice. And you realize what he's done to her.
@flipsyboy Mine too, she is so pressured into the atmosphere and expectations by a husband starving to bring her greatness to further his own greatness. As she emerges exhausted for her curtain call, he seizes the moment to clap for her so everyone would clap for her. Why? She is great because Charles Foster Kane commands it.
@theSuperMetroid He never planned on upholding it anyway. That explains that goofy smile he gave to Leland. Read in an interview of Orson's were he states that Kane never believe in them even as he was signing it. Plus as he signed them he was in the dark showing that he wasn't going to uphold them anyway.
@Dogsledfan Not really being that she didn't want to sing in the first place. Her mother wanted her to be a singer and that's what Kane fixated on. She told him she was a shop girl, but remember during that scene at her place he was trying to find his past.
@prolifegal You know what's funny is that he's one of the reporters in the beginning. (Orson told R.K.O. they were just making test shots when they were actually filming the movie.lol)
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JustinistheWalrus 1 month ago
her voice is so lovely,it reminds me of those "great" talents such as the ones that are appearing now a days on such shows like "America's got talent" along with those hyped up nothings like Susan Boyle and that car salesman Paul Pots.
truvianni 5 months ago
The moment at about 2:32 when the curtain goes up is one of my favorites in all of film--she's been swamped with people paid to help her, and then she's all on her own when that giant emptiness of the opera house opens up before her, and she has to try--somehow--to fill that enormous void with her tiny voice. And you realize what he's done to her.
flipsyboy 1 year ago 6
@flipsyboy Mine too, she is so pressured into the atmosphere and expectations by a husband starving to bring her greatness to further his own greatness. As she emerges exhausted for her curtain call, he seizes the moment to clap for her so everyone would clap for her. Why? She is great because Charles Foster Kane commands it.
AliaSparrow 8 months ago
wow, what an ungrateful woman.
mcexcrack 1 year ago
Hearst wanted Marion Davies to be a great tragedienne but she was better suited to light comedy.
mpjrdldn 1 year ago
I love how Kane claps on defiantly at the end.
But, HOW COULD YOU CUT THE SCENE WHERE KANE RIPS UP THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES? That's one of the most important scenes in the whole movie!
theSuperMetroid 2 years ago
@theSuperMetroid He never planned on upholding it anyway. That explains that goofy smile he gave to Leland. Read in an interview of Orson's were he states that Kane never believe in them even as he was signing it. Plus as he signed them he was in the dark showing that he wasn't going to uphold them anyway.
TVwriter23 1 year ago
@TVwriter23 It's still an important scene. Whether he intended to hold them or not it was still the big scene exposing his corruption and hypocrisy
theSuperMetroid 1 year ago
@theSuperMetroid I know. I wasn't denying it
TVwriter23 1 year ago
epic
prolifegal 2 years ago
I feel so bad for her. Great scene
broadwaymelody33 2 years ago 4
la mas grande pelicula de la historia
leroydisco 3 years ago
Reminds me of Hyacinth Bucket on "Keeping Up Appearances" thinking she's also a great diva.
Dogsledfan 3 years ago
The point is she doesn't think she is a 'great diva' - Kane is making her into what he wants her to be.
ShakespearesFool 3 years ago 3
@Dogsledfan Not really being that she didn't want to sing in the first place. Her mother wanted her to be a singer and that's what Kane fixated on. She told him she was a shop girl, but remember during that scene at her place he was trying to find his past.
TVwriter23 1 year ago
This is my favorite scene in the movie; Mr Leland (joseph cotten) is perfect!
prolifegal 3 years ago 3
@prolifegal You know what's funny is that he's one of the reporters in the beginning. (Orson told R.K.O. they were just making test shots when they were actually filming the movie.lol)
TVwriter23 1 year ago
Me too! One of my all time favorite classic movies! :)
califgirl101 3 years ago
I love Citizen Kane.
risdewalt 3 years ago 5