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  • ive only ever seen this film once, along time ago. all i can remember is the scenes that make it onto you tube, and that i was impressed by it. must by it on blu ray when it comes out on blu ray here in the uk.

  • gotta use this scene for my homework (film unit of american lit). thank you!!

  • @katherine83095 No problem!

  • After rewatching the opening scene, I am positive that noone else was in the room at the exact moment of Kane’s death. By watching the scene, we can conclude that Kane’s exact moment of death was when he uttered those famous words, “Rosebud.” This is confirmed by the dropping of his snowglobe, which alerts the nurse to come into the room. Before he dropped the globe, nobody else was in the room, and as we can see, the nurse was outside of the room.

  • As the nurse is the only one to come and help him, we can conclude that there was nobody else inside the room, as they surely would have gone to see what was the matter with Kane if the snowglobe had shattered. Beyond the fact that the nurse was behind a closed door, his last words were nothing but a whisper; there is no way that the nurse heard him. So who was there to hear Kane’s final word?

  • people, SERIOUSLY, downvote this top rated spoiler! This film is too good for some stupid jerk ruin other's people experience! :<

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  • o v e r r a t e d m o v i e

  • @BassHeadsProduction Your comment needs more Space bar.

  • My favourite part was 0:00 - 2:50

  • Well, you know what, I knew it was his childhood sled. Everyone told me. And damn it, damn it, the journey into a character study of an intiguing man was more than worth it. I knew the ending. But I went through the journey of a man and cried at what I knew what was coming. That's what matters.

  • 2:21 this is what you all are here for

  • whats up with this creepy shit omg >< scary

  • My last name is Kane :D

  • this film feels so realistic! all those interviews, and personal stories about Kane, amazing! Amazing plot!

  • I just watched this in Film Study. I don't know about everyone, but I thought it was a very powerful movie with a lot of meaning, and I loved it!!!!!!!

  • I heard the quote "Rosebud" from a scene in the PS2 game "Time Splitters: Future perfect" and have been baffled on what it had meant.

    After some years went buy, I heard the same reference, in a tv episode. It was the TV episode of where Peter from Family Guy explains what it means (I forgot).

    Now I finally found the source of the quote. What was the meaning? Should I actually find a VHS version of this film and watch it? Should I?

  • This film and the mystery around Rosebud inspired one of our tee-shirts. We are launching a brand based on cultural references and on the doubts about existency of things in different forms of art. You can check it out on our facebook page: DOESN'T EXIST

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  • I really like classic movies,but sadly,this one I didn't like one bit. :/ I found it very boring,and didn't even finish. Oh well ..

  • Fuck Avatar! this is a film!

  • The Room is so much better

  • @urbanninjaX5 You're tearing me apart urbanninjaX5!

  • Did anybody realize that nobody was in the room to hear his last words?

    Kane: "Rosebud...."

    Maid: *re-enters room* "Did you say something Mr. Kane?"

    Kane: "I SAID ROSEBUD!"

    Maid: "Oh to symbolize your lost childho-"

    Kane: "Yes yes yes now go get the broom I don't think I'm gonna be holding on to this snow globe for much longer"

  • its his sled, its his sled from when he was a kid. there, i just saved you 2 long boobless hours.

  • This movie is great beyond measure. It bursts "genius" from beginning to end.

  • i saw this in High School for film class

  • @Stephie2007 What did you think of it?

  • this reminded me of family guy.

  • How many people have noticed the HUGE ABYSS in the story?? We are made to watch the entire Kane's life because some journalists want to figure out what Rose Bud means. But how do they know what his last words were?? Kane is alone in the room when he says those words and dies. The nursed comes in only after she hears the snow ball crash on the floor.

    And this movie got the Oscar for best screenplay. Not so great a movie after all. Although, I do admit it has some great photography.

  • @imagomagus I've been saying this for nearly a decade now. It's a plot hole that drives me nuts.

  • @imagomagus Mr. Kane says "Rosebud" in front of all his employed, with tears in his eyes, just in the moment when he take the snow globe from the (now destroyed by him) room of Susan... That can be an answer. I just say...

  • @Traumdertod Hm, well, acutually it doesn't solve the plot hole. Because what the journalists what to know is the meaning of his "last words" before he died and it's because of the journalists' actions that we watch Kane's life story. But no one knows what he said before he died. That's the plot hole that just keeps staring at you through the whole movie.

  • @imagomagus Yes, you rigth. I'm just try to imagine an alternative to that problem and enjoy without prejudice one my favourite movies ;) ("I want to believe" haha).

  • @imagomagus The poor guy was only like 25 years old and hadn't had a LOT of experience in screenwriting and filmmaking, and the rest of the film was genius, so give the guy a break! LOL

  • @teh5abiking but it represents something, is it his childhood, a normal life, something deeper?

  • @teh5abiking that destroyed the hole movie for me..... thanks

  • @xPray2die2dayx Yeah, I know a lack of boobs in a movie won't prompt many people to see it, but... see it anyway, it's a classic

  • @teh5abiking Yep. But, I've never figured out how Rosebud the sled fits into his life or all the rest of the movie...

  • @tall32guy when he was a kid he use to love playing in the snow

  • @roeroe305 Do you say that just based of a logical guess or because it was said at some point in the movie?

  • @tall32guy there was a scene with him playing on his sledd in the snow when thatcher was making his foster parents sign him over remember. he looked like he was having a real good time. that scene was so important that you can still see hum playing outside while the rest of the scene continued

  • @roeroe305 I guess I forgot about that part. LOL I have a learning disability that makes me forget a LOT of stuff, so it's no surprise that is not one of the scenes I remember from the movie... LOL

  • the biggest plot hole in film history comes from the greatest film ever made....funny huh

  • @ReekoArch ...

  • @SupremeKingDan Oh come on, how can you not find that comment hilariously awesome!?

  • @ReekoArch You sir.... are.... indescribable... almost like.... I don't know.... but it is not in a good way....

  • @jeepheep69 U mad?

  • @ReekoArch LOL!

  • @ReekoArch You are a dumb ass. Get off the internet and read something.

  • @butterfacetoast You mad bro? You look kind of mad. I think you're mad.

  • @ReekoArch lol

  • @ReekoArch Obvious troll is obvious.

  • @ReekoArch

    *FACEPALM*

  • Rose butt!

  • lol 5 secondfilms brought me here

  • It was his sled. It was his sled from when he was a kid. There. I just saved you 2 long booboess hours.

  • May I suggest Citizen Kane's beginning is the best one in the history of cinema? Of course it would be like speaking obvious, although one could say everything about "Citizen Kane" has already been said!

    I would also bet that infamous opening is the single scene that received the greater number of studies by both film essayists and cinephiles all over the world.

  • This movie is made invalid by the fact that nobody is in the room when he whispers 'rosebud' but everyone spends the whole movie trying to figure out what it means...

  • @dwtsend The nurse has good hearing.

  • Rosebud is Kane`s nickname fuh his galfrnds privates......seriously.....no kidin....

  • 1941?! How is the cinematography THIS GOOD in 1941?!

  • @lordxeras Listen to the commentary, watch how connected the scenes are. In fact, during the childhood scene, watch how the camera moves through OBJECTS (the making points out that there are cleverly concealed rails for the camera. Also, look at the use of objects as symbolism (not pretentious, they all bear meaning to Kane's past). Very Gothic.

  • I want to see this movie so bad. I love old movies like this. Gonna go buy it on ebay right now.

  • It was his sled.

    It was his sled from when he was a kid.

    There, I just saved 3 long, boobless minutes.

  • @SWBJACMK Family Guy anti-intellectual bullshit. 

  • @MikeMths35 This just in, Family Guy was never intelligent.

    More at 11.

  • The sled symbols his happiness

  • "When I saw this movie I said, all right greatest movie of all time, give me your best shot. Literally within the first minutes, I was hooked." ~Doug Walker, aka Nostalgia Critic.

    That describes my reaction too.

  • Welch ein Meisterwerk! Für viele der beste Film aller Zeiten!!

  • it was his sled from when he was a kid

    there i saved you 2 hours

  • im confused, why is this voted one of the most famous quotes in movie history of all time?

  • @kolisionn because it is arguably the best movie of all time

  • @kolisionn because u watch the entire movie wondering wy the fuck he said rosebud as he died....then the movie itself is actually pretty entertaining.

  • @darkoni12398 Even so, even if the ending was spoiled to you (trust me, sadly a lot of people toss it around apathetically) it also observes his relationships with others and the complex man he it.

  • @AliaSparrow Oh i know...i was just telling this kid here why this quote is so famous...it was the first movie to ever have such a strong mystery with 1 freaking scene. Then the movie is fantastic and then at the end ur like OH thats what rosebud is XD!!!

  • Charles Schulz considered "Citizen Kane" his favorite movie- so much, he devoted an entire Sunday "Peanuts" strip to it, as Linus watches it on TV for the first time; naturally, Lucy spoils it for him by revealing what "Rosebud" is {"AUUGGHH!"}.

  • FULL OF COUNTRY GOODNESS AND GREEN PENIS

  • "It was his sled. it was his sled from when he was a kid. There I just saved you two long boobless hours."

    Peter Griffin

  • Rosebud, even!

  • Is it true that 'rosebud' means 'anus' in English?

  • @pinkapacla thats just creepy..

  • @pinkapacla

    NO.

  • @pinkapacla Nope, means a va-jay-jay with labia and all.

  • Full of country goodness and green pea-ness.

  • @FoxInGoal

    "...oh what luck, there's a french frie stuck in my beard, mmm mmmhmmm mmm, oh yeah..."

  • @ThePieIsLie Wait, that's terrible... I QUIT! Just a handful for the road... *nom nom*

  • so the nurse heard him say rosebud from the hallway....yeah right big plot hole in the "greatest" movie ever. People the movie is balls.....just because people say something is great you dont have to believe them.

  • @readybeeill just cause you act like a badass doesnt mean anyone will like you. its youtube. so calm down you disrespectful punk.

  • @TheRyenRogers wow you are right you are now my offical hero. this is the greatest movie ever thanks for making me follow the rest of you sheep. I heart you forever.

  • @readybeeill A servant was at the end of the hall (he is later interviewed in the movie). When they say "Kane died alone" later in the film, they mean Kane died with no one close to him. Also, look into the Gothic shots, the storytelling, the relationship interactions, and building. There are good reasons to why this film deserved to be preserved.

  • No argument it's brilliantly shot, etc...it's just a shame that this seminal scene completely destroys the entire premise for the plot to follow.

  • It's a sled.... it's the name of the sled he had when he was a kid, there, I just saved you 2 boobless hours....

  • one thing about this movie. everybody is trying to figure out what his dying words (Rosebud) means, right? nobody was there to hear him say it though.

  • Its the perfect shot/edit/tracking/music/drama­---this is what's great about film.

  • I can't believe that Orson Welles was only 25!

  • my name is Rosebud...cant believe i never knew about this movie lol

  • "We need to figure out the meaning of Kane's last words!" "What were his last words?" "Rosebud!" "How did you know that?" "Uhhhh I don't know, no one was around to here him..." "..." "Fuck it, it was rosebud!"

  • remeber that episode of columbo were the killer made is dog kill people by saying rosebud

  • Je crois que je devrais commenter cette scène telle quelle: elle figure la mort d'un homme qui regrette son enfance - puisque "Rosebud" était le nom de son (Schlitten - je ne connais pas la bonne traduction) . Tout ce qui suivait cette enfance perdue ne pouvait pas remplacer le bonheur perdu.

  • This cinematography makes me wet in my pants.

  • @SagaciousSilence

    why? it's a bunch of stills of windows?

  • Why does the shot become extra grainy and fuzzy when the nurse walks in?

  • I love how the window never changes place in the shots

  • Goddamn, this makes me want to piss myself and cum on your mother.

  • Awesome opening!

  • BOBO.

  • PLOTHOLE!!! There was nobody there to hear him say it!!

  • @bohage It was the nurse outside the door that heard him.

  • It's a sled, a sled. There you go I just saved you two hours.

  • @USAForLife2057 hah family guy reference

  • @infiinitecorey Family Guy SUCKS!

  • @USAForLife2057 Family guy sucks balls.

  • @shrodu Are you hoping i'll get angry and start a flame war with you? Because that's not gonna happen.

  • @USAForLife2057 Good. Because this is my opinion and mine alone.

  • @shrodu then keep it to your self

  • @infiinitecorey No. :3

  • @shrodu wow you reply fast

  • @infiinitecorey Yesh I do.~ :3

  • @shrodu im gonna stop replying to you know enjoy your crappy life

  • @infiinitecorey Awww. U Mad because Family Guy Sucks?~ :3

  • @shrodu Good for you, now go tell someone who cares, also stop trolling people. It's pathetic.

  • @USAForLife2057 Welcome to the Internet. :D

  • @shrodu Welcome to have-no-life-ville, population: You. Stop annoying me little boy.

  • @USAForLife2057 Welcome to the Internet, Chum.~ :3

  • @shrodu Goodbye troll, good luck getting a life.

  • @USAForLife2057 Thanks, Friend! :D

  • Rosebud was the kind of weed Kane used to smoke when he was hangin wit his niggas. It had nothing to do with that sled.

  • Anyone else find it odd Kane dies at the beginning of CITIZEN KANE at the start of Welles' career and Unicron dies at the end of TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE at the end of Welles' career?

  • It was his sled. It was his sled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two long boobless hours.

  • @CurtisDoverY0 I think people would have enjoyed the two hours--your opinion is about as useful as an ant's.

  • @windstorm1000 not only did u reply to a VERY old comment, but you do not get the reference therefore YOUR OPINION about MY OPINION is moot

  • When he said rose bud, He is refering to the sled, which i think represented his happy childhood, of which didn't have anymore...

  • its sad that i didnt wathed the film yet i heard so much from it but unfortunately it has a very bad quality on my favourite strem

    anyone knows where i can watch it? please tell me

  • I love how the first step that the snowglobe falls down is higher than the step where the snowglobe actually breaks.

  • WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

  • @armchairmaster rosebud was the name of his sled he owned as a boy, the only time he was truly ever happy

  • Great beginning of the movie, from the montage to the music.

  • Such a profound movie.Even after all the money he'd accrued,the women he'd had, the places he'd been, the things he'd done,all he wanted was a return to innocence.All he wanted was to return to his childhood, before he had tainted his very soul.He wanted to return to a time when all it took to satisfy him was a ride down a snow-covered hill on his sled.He realized that all these 'things' he had could not give him the happiness his sled gave him.The world was so caught up, they didn't realize it

  • It is really cool, but I don't get it.

  • After all the millions, after all the places he saw and stuff he bought being so ridiculously rich, after having it all, the only thing he really wanted were the times he had on a cheap child's sled.

  • I love how while the camera moves in closer to Xanadu, the lit window is always in the same place on the screen, even when its upside down reflected in the water, its still in the same spot.

  • Best.Scene.Ever.

  • The opening titles and the music were pretty rousing, but for the best movie ever I then expected a vampire or an explosion. All we get is fences... fences... fences... monkeys dicking around... more fences... Can you f'ing believe it?!

  • First great movie twist. Who woulda thought rosebud would be his beloved childhood pet turtle?

  • i like the part were he sez rose bud

  • rosebud was the sled

  • The Butler himself said he heard Kane say Rosebud before he died, the whole interior of the room is not shown so I would assume the Butler was sitting in a corner somewhere

  • HOW THE HELL DID SHE HEAR HIM SAY THAT?!?!? She was in the other room with the door closed! I just poked a huge hole in this movie.

  • @MxC1337MxCsh43d No you didn't. So shut the fuck up.

  • @blixsaber Yeah, I hadn't seen it yet. I guess the butler was standing in the room.

  • @MxC1337MxCsh43d She had heard the smashing of the snow globe. That, or she must have wanted something from him.

  • @XLeonPhoenixBelmontX Yeah, and from what I got from the movie, the butler was in the room with him when he died.

  • It was his sled. From when he was a kid. There, I saved you two long boobless hours.

  • @greenfury87 you see, this is why you should not be allowed to watch movies. Because you are the kind of person that goes and sees a movie like "Meet the Spartans" and results in it actually making money.

  • @TheT4xid3rmist: That was a quote from family guy, dumbass.

  • @greenfury87 Sorry, I don't watch stupid unfunny programming.

  • @TheT4xid3rmist: You wouldnt know a sense of humor if it fucked you in the ass.

  • @greenfury87 What because I don't like unoriginal comedy that boils down to a series of "Remember the time we did this" and it shows you a flashback that has NOTHING to do with the plot.

  • All I cansay is one thing EPIC

  • how come it didn't break on the first massive fall and then broke on the last little step.

  • I guess he said Rosebud the moment the nurse came in. Those two scenes were just seperate in the final movie to make it sound more epic.

  • That would also explain why the nurse didn't react in any way, after all Kane spoke two seconds ago.

  • Well, she didn't seem that surprised when she found out he WAS dead. Epic film anyway ;-)

  • @SupremeKingDan Was she even in the room when he said rosebud?

  • what gets me is that he mutters"rosebud" before the nurse enters the room.How did anybody know that was the last thing he said.

  • The guy behind the camera heard it. Duh. ;-)

  • still an amazing movie anyways

  • I think Rosebud was the name of Kane's sled when he was a child. IMO his last words "Rosebud" was a cry with the desire to return to the innocence he had lost.