@lostvocals6 is that a joke? if you don't want to know the ending avoid following the link once you've read the title 'citizen kane (1941) - ending'. or don't type in citizen kane ending in the search bar. i'll give you the benefit of the doubt though
It's not a joke - people who have not seen Kane couldn't know that the whole film is built around a secret that is only revealed in the very last scene. Someone searching for Citizen Kane in general could easily stumble upon this clip,not realizing that seeing it spoils the film far more than endings usually do..
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When i watched the movie i wasn't all that much trying to figure out what rosebud was, i allowed the movie to tell it for me. Some people figured it out before the end scene. I thought they saw the "rosebud" name on the sled but then i watched that scene again but i couldn't see the name anywhere. So can anyone answer me how the rosebud thing can found out without the end scene?
@cod007skilldfan Well this ending is mentioned and pardoied so much in pop culture that most people probably already know the twist without realising it, lol. Plus, when someone tells you about Citizen kane, thye usually spoil this right from the off, so there's no surprise there.
You know, even though we can find flaws in this film, we've had 70 years to pick over every frame of "Citizen Kane." Welles created the thing in less than two years. Another thought: a film critic wrote how "Kane" turns up in the No.1 spot in every Greatest Films of All Time list. The writer then wondered: what does it say about Welles - and filmmakers - that 70 years later nothing better has come along? I suppose it's like trying to top Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. And so it goes . . .
rosebud is obviously an "erection" because it was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. classic movie! erectile dysfunction has plagued the male species since the 40's! brilliant work chap!
I've been trying like hell to find the answer to this, but nobody else seems to find it curious: how did Kane's childhood sled come to be among his possessions? If he had it, you'd think Kane would have died clutching the sled itself rather than a random snow globe that reminded him of it.
@army103 i'd say that the sled represented his childhood, which was the only time in his life when he was had genuine happiness. the sled as a material entity matters little
Oh, I agree that the sled represents his childhood, but it still strikes me as a bit of a plot hole. Why keep the snow globe so close when the sled would be a much more direct link to his lost happiness, after all? Plus, if the sled is supposed to represent something he lost, its symbolism is diminished if he already found it.
@army103 i don't think the sled or any relic from his childhood would make him any happier. he is reflecting on his life and thinks of those moments. as for how the sled came to be in his property. he never disposed of it and maybe it made perfect cinematic sense to see it burning in the final scene
@garfrain I believe the sled represents his lost childhood, where a sled was all he needed to be happy. In the very first scene he clutches a snowglobe, Kane's reminder of the last day in his childhood where he was the most genuinely happy. After that, he was thrust into a life where money = happiness. In time, that mentality was all he knew, until he lost his second wife, in whose room he's reminded of his childhood with the snowglobe. The ending makes me cry everytime <3
@army103 you know that's a BRILLIANT question, I never thought of that!!
But now that you said it, i started to think about it, and I think Kane simply didn't know he still had that sled. I mean, the man had an enormous amount of stuff simply lying around the manor. He probably forgot all about the sled's existence while he was a young man, striving to get to the top, and only when he was old and lost everything he realised how important his childhood was, but he never bothered to...
@army103 ...search for the sled because he thought that after so many years, and through so much stuff, it was definetly lost.
That's the only logical explanation. Although, if we really think about it, he could've hired like a team of 100 people to just search all corners for it.
@army103 I'm sure the wealthy Kane would've had his whole childhood home packed and put into storage. "The Birthplace of Genius" and all that. Edison did it with his early film studio. I don't think the sled was THE symbol of his happy childhood. If it was, it would've been hanging on his wall or in a special protected case. I think Kane's saying "Rosebud" was just the last arbitrary thought flashed on by a dying man trying to figure out what his life was all about. Random - but still symbolic!
@army103 hey, I just saw this and in one part he saws how he's going to search through his childhood or something like that because he had just received a shipment of his stuff from his childhood. Probably came in that stuff and didn't have meaning until the end of his life.
@army103 He got the snow globe from his mistress. The sled was among his possessions he had shipped in from his childhood home. In fact, he mentioned he was going to look through those possessions when he met his mistress.
the contents of the film aside, I think its very impressive that Orson Welles wrote, produced, directed, AND stared in this, and it turned out so incredibly well!
Why would you post just the ending? To ruin the entire film for anyone who hasn't seen it?
lostvocals6 1 month ago
@lostvocals6 is that a joke? if you don't want to know the ending avoid following the link once you've read the title 'citizen kane (1941) - ending'. or don't type in citizen kane ending in the search bar. i'll give you the benefit of the doubt though
garfrain 1 month ago 7
@garfrain
It's not a joke - people who have not seen Kane couldn't know that the whole film is built around a secret that is only revealed in the very last scene. Someone searching for Citizen Kane in general could easily stumble upon this clip,not realizing that seeing it spoils the film far more than endings usually do..
lostvocals6 1 month ago
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TheAmericanCommoner 4 months ago
When i watched the movie i wasn't all that much trying to figure out what rosebud was, i allowed the movie to tell it for me. Some people figured it out before the end scene. I thought they saw the "rosebud" name on the sled but then i watched that scene again but i couldn't see the name anywhere. So can anyone answer me how the rosebud thing can found out without the end scene?
cod007skilldfan 4 months ago
@cod007skilldfan Well this ending is mentioned and pardoied so much in pop culture that most people probably already know the twist without realising it, lol. Plus, when someone tells you about Citizen kane, thye usually spoil this right from the off, so there's no surprise there.
ZOINKSation 3 months ago
You know, even though we can find flaws in this film, we've had 70 years to pick over every frame of "Citizen Kane." Welles created the thing in less than two years. Another thought: a film critic wrote how "Kane" turns up in the No.1 spot in every Greatest Films of All Time list. The writer then wondered: what does it say about Welles - and filmmakers - that 70 years later nothing better has come along? I suppose it's like trying to top Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. And so it goes . . .
TheStockwell 5 months ago
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rosebud is obviously an "erection" because it was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. classic movie! erectile dysfunction has plagued the male species since the 40's! brilliant work chap!
smokinleaves 5 months ago
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Actually, "Rosebud" was William Randolph Hearst's pet name for his lover's private parts.
lostvocals6 1 month ago
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smokinleaves 5 months ago
I've been trying like hell to find the answer to this, but nobody else seems to find it curious: how did Kane's childhood sled come to be among his possessions? If he had it, you'd think Kane would have died clutching the sled itself rather than a random snow globe that reminded him of it.
army103 6 months ago
@army103 i'd say that the sled represented his childhood, which was the only time in his life when he was had genuine happiness. the sled as a material entity matters little
garfrain 6 months ago 2
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Oh, I agree that the sled represents his childhood, but it still strikes me as a bit of a plot hole. Why keep the snow globe so close when the sled would be a much more direct link to his lost happiness, after all? Plus, if the sled is supposed to represent something he lost, its symbolism is diminished if he already found it.
army103 6 months ago
@army103 i don't think the sled or any relic from his childhood would make him any happier. he is reflecting on his life and thinks of those moments. as for how the sled came to be in his property. he never disposed of it and maybe it made perfect cinematic sense to see it burning in the final scene
garfrain 6 months ago
@garfrain I believe the sled represents his lost childhood, where a sled was all he needed to be happy. In the very first scene he clutches a snowglobe, Kane's reminder of the last day in his childhood where he was the most genuinely happy. After that, he was thrust into a life where money = happiness. In time, that mentality was all he knew, until he lost his second wife, in whose room he's reminded of his childhood with the snowglobe. The ending makes me cry everytime <3
Dbakyda 2 hours ago
@army103 you know that's a BRILLIANT question, I never thought of that!!
But now that you said it, i started to think about it, and I think Kane simply didn't know he still had that sled. I mean, the man had an enormous amount of stuff simply lying around the manor. He probably forgot all about the sled's existence while he was a young man, striving to get to the top, and only when he was old and lost everything he realised how important his childhood was, but he never bothered to...
MachineintheSky 6 months ago
@army103 ...search for the sled because he thought that after so many years, and through so much stuff, it was definetly lost.
That's the only logical explanation. Although, if we really think about it, he could've hired like a team of 100 people to just search all corners for it.
You're right, this IS weird.
Gotcha now, Mr. Welles!
MachineintheSky 6 months ago
@army103 I'm sure the wealthy Kane would've had his whole childhood home packed and put into storage. "The Birthplace of Genius" and all that. Edison did it with his early film studio. I don't think the sled was THE symbol of his happy childhood. If it was, it would've been hanging on his wall or in a special protected case. I think Kane's saying "Rosebud" was just the last arbitrary thought flashed on by a dying man trying to figure out what his life was all about. Random - but still symbolic!
TheStockwell 5 months ago
@army103 hey, I just saw this and in one part he saws how he's going to search through his childhood or something like that because he had just received a shipment of his stuff from his childhood. Probably came in that stuff and didn't have meaning until the end of his life.
AnsemRush 3 months ago
@AnsemRush
Thanks for the tip - I'll be sure to watch for that scene the next time I see the film! That certainly could make sense of things.
army103 3 months ago
@army103 He got the snow globe from his mistress. The sled was among his possessions he had shipped in from his childhood home. In fact, he mentioned he was going to look through those possessions when he met his mistress.
Beyondisme 1 month ago
the contents of the film aside, I think its very impressive that Orson Welles wrote, produced, directed, AND stared in this, and it turned out so incredibly well!
resevil2396 1 year ago
@resevil2396 He did a much better job than Tommy Wiseau
DoomZappo 7 months ago
Just wrote a huge paper analyzing this shot for my cinema class and I actually enjoyed doing it. Welles was a bloody genius.
UserUK201 1 year ago
@UserUK201 what a coincidence. I'm going to write an analysis of this scene (we did one on just a shot earlier) for my film appreciation class.
resevil2396 1 year ago
the (deep) plot of this movie was well ahead of its time. revolutionary directing on the part of young welles
davidpar2 1 year ago
Thanks, yous just saved me 2 long, boobless hours.
deeblite 1 year ago 8
@deeblite brilliant, as a family guy fan i appreciate that
garfrain 1 year ago 8
As filmmaking and storytelling, Citizen Kane remains a bravura piece of work, its set pieces, dialogue and performances entrenched cinematic icons.
dreamafia 1 year ago
@dreamafia don't you have your own opinions?
deefromott 1 year ago