Citizen Kane in 30 Seconds

Citizen Kane has been voted the greatest film of all time. Haven't seen it? Annoyed the film buffs at parties go on & on about it? Exam tomorrow on CK? Well here is Orson Welles' masterpiece, Citizen Kane, distilled down to 30 seconds! Everything's there: The sled, rosebud, old man Kane, young man Kane, Endora from Bewitched... Enjoy, and I encourage you to buy the DVD - it's really worth it :-)

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• Short
• Film
• Citizen
• Kane
• in
• 30
• Seconds
• satire
• rosebud
• Orson
• Welles
• Wells
• Marion
• Davies
• Clitoris

[CoolMovesNow]

lol.. it's a sled, but it was a sidemouthed reference to Marion Davies' genitalia. Orson talked about regretting the usage for years until his death.

[dabble778]

Exactly. Orson has said it was a cruel joke on Marion to get at Hearst. Orson was a genius but a difficult one to work with, like a lot of geniuses I guess. He was on a roll, though: Voodoo Macbeth, War of the Worlds, Kane, then it all came crashing down...

[cm2dude]

Citizen Kane in one sentence:

ROSEBUD IS JUST A FUCKING SLED.

[dabble778]

Well, yes, but also... the symbol of Kane's lost childhood, and Marion Davies' clitoris. Welles & Mank sticking it to Hearst. Good film though :-)

[djoxer]

rosebud is a symbol of his happiness as a child, before he gets rich and lone, before he left his family.

[mp01juve]

Yeah ur right. You can only fully appreciate this if you have seen the full film before and recognise the scenes

[gvludenheiden]

lmao

[foxystrwbrry]

This was interesting - but I don't think a movie like this can be summed up in 30 seconds, but if it could - they're pretty close.

I thought it was a good movie.

[mindyhailman21]

Haha, I DO have an exam on it tomorrow! Thanks for the reminder about what happens :)

[leokimvideo]

wow, about a year back there was a youtuber doing 10sec movies (theguywiththeglasses), he's gone, but this is also excelent