Citizen Kane

<strong>Citizen Kane</strong>s unchallenged reputation as one of the greatest films in allcinema is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that... » 

Citizen Kanes unchallenged reputation as one of the greatest films in allcinema is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary thatsurrounds it. What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universallyacknowledged? As Laura Mulvey shows in a fresh and original reading therichness of the film both thematically and stylistically is inexhaustible. Ina lucid and perceptive critique she investigates the psychoanalytic structurethat underlines the films presentation of Kanes biography for once takingseriously what Orson Welles himself disparagingly referred to as dollarbookFreud. She also illuminates the films historical context revealing it to bea prescient commentary on the isolationist politics of prewar America.nbsp «