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Additional authors

1. British Film Institute

Description

1. 103 p. : ill.; 19 cm.

Summary

1. Citizen Kane's reputation as one of the greatest films of all time is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that surrounds it. What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universally acknowledged? Laura Mulvey, in a fresh and original reading, illuminates the richness of the film, both thematically and stylistically, relating it to Welles's political background and its historical context. In a lucid and perceptive critique she also investigates the psychoanalytic structure that underlies the film's presentation of Kane's biography, for once taking seriously what Orson Welles himself disparagingly referred to as 'dollar book Freud.' In her foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Laura Mulvey focuses on the film's politics, highlighting the contemporary 'rhymes' in Kane's portrayal of a scandal prone press baron in a time of economic crisis.

Series statement

1. BFI film classics

Uniform title

1. BFI film classics.

Subject

1. Citizen Kane (Motion picture) > Criticism and interpretation
2. Motion pictures > History

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Orig. pub. : 1992

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references ( p. 103).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain