Citizen Kane

I'm really loving these old movies. This is an interesting film as far as I can tell and has a lot of cool stuff. The news reel in comparison to the more recent kind i've seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is less as dramatic and less technologically advance, but also less dizzying. Its interesting that the entire story is told through the news reel so you catch some of it, but cant possibly catch all of it. It gives you something to look for, and a little prior knowledge as you watch the film, but doesn't spoil it for you.

The pitch of Kane's voice and the car horn was really funny. It was done really perfectly. His words turned to street noise so suddenly i was caught off guard. Something Mr. Bennett pointed out in class was the screenwriter's diction of "hot water". In literature, if something is repeated, you need to pay attention to it because it's significant in some way. It was also a very awkward line and catches your attention. I took it to mean two things, one: He's going to get in trouble very soon, and two: hot, so like a new flame. As we watched further, I saw that it can be taken both ways, and we also knew from the start he would in a love scandal from the reel. 

Kane's character is really what makes this so interesting to watch. He's a really round and dynamic character to use literary terms. He's always out to prove himself, like what his friend said about the opera house and the quotations around Susan Alexander being a "singer". Characters that are flawed are more human and therefore more easy to relate to which makes them really fun to watch. I'm still waiting to find what "rosebud" means...