12019-02-04T19:05:39+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11Citizen Kane (1941)plain2019-02-04T19:05:39+00:00Critical Commons19412019-01-31T21:59:28ZVideoOrson WellesCitizen KanePatrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-02-04T19:14:06+00:004.x8 Citizen Kane1Citizen Kane (1941)plain2019-02-04T19:14:06+00:00The camera appears to crane through a neon sign and dissolve through a skylight, all in the midst of a thunderstorm. An article in Hollywood Quarterly singled out this shot as a conspicuous flaw—an example of Welles’s taste for exhibitionism. In Welles’s defense, such flamboyance makes a thematic point. The camera’s virtuosity stands in ironic contrast to Susan’s sordid surroundings, just as its power to go anywhere counterpoints Thompson’s permanent failure to learn anything useful.