Is CITIZEN KANE Really A Masterpiece? | First Time Watching!

I have never watched 1941's CITIZEN KANE.... So I watched CITIZEN KANE. But is this 1941 film, that is a so called "masterpiece" actually stand the test of time? JBuck Studios reaction to CITIZEN KANE.
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29:09 Review & Overall Thoughts
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Synopsis: CITIZEN KANE - When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."
Directed by
Orson Welles
Produced by
Orson Welles
Screenplay by
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Orson Welles
Starring
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten
Dorothy Comingore
Everett Sloane
Ray Collins
George Coulouris
Agnes Moorehead
Paul Stewart
Ruth Warrick
Erskine Sanford
William Alland
Music by
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
Edited by
Robert Wise
Production Company
Mercury Productions
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
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[@JBuckStudios]

*THANK YOU for watching everyone! What are your thoughts on 1941's CITIZEN KANE?* Also what other films do you want a first watch/reaction to?

[@BigGator5]

You might be asking yourself why there's so much hype behind this movie. Citizen Kane pioneered many filmmaking, sound editing, writing, and acting that we take for granted today. People who first saw this movie, were flipping out.

[@trorisk]

He cut but between 5:25 and 5:26 there should be an incredible traveling. With the table that placed out of scope when the camera backs up to appear on screen.

[@CharlieMikeNS]

Not really. It took time to be appreciated. It flopped in theaters.

[@rosezingleman5007]

@@CharlieMikeNS It didn’t really have a real opening. Was supposed to open at Radio City in NYC, but Hearst stopped that so…it was quickly pulled by most distributors (which were semi monopolies then, SCOTUS broke them up eventually). In 1952 it was “restored” and suddenly regarded as a masterpiece because more people saw it.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I didn't think you were taking this classic seriously but your wrap-up redeemed things. Glad to see someone reacting to this masterpiece.

[@JBuckStudios]

Appreciate the support, and yeah that’s my goofy personality in there lol curious if you think Citizen Kane still holds up?

[@AlbrechtAaron]

Oh hey porfle

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@AlbrechtAaron Hey! :)

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@JBuckStudios I think all great movies hold up. It's audiences that sometimes don't.

[@totallytomanimation]

2 color process technicolor film was used as early as the era of silent films (1920s) and 3 color technicolor was ready to go in the early 30s, but the depression sidelined it's use due to cost. One of the places you can see color being used a lot in the 30s was animation.

[@paintedjaguar]

"The Garden of Allah" (1936) and , "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) still look better than almost any of the color movies being produced today. "Gone With The Wind" and "The Wizard Of Oz", two of the most beautiful color films ever made, both came out in 1939. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Pinnocchio" (1940), and "Fantasia" (1940), all full length color animation which are still amazing compared to any of the Disney movies of the past several decades. You WERE being sarcastic, right?

[@totallytomanimation]

@@paintedjaguar Those movies were exceptions, remember it costs a lot less to do a 7 minute color short than a feature film and these films you selected, and a nice selection it is, need color to express those worlds. Most films back then did not need color to express their worlds. In fact, there are a mountain of those old films that look a lot better than most color films. B&W is much more difficult to master but in the right hands, like Gregg Toland did here in Citizen Kane, it's magic. Not that you can tell on KZbin - you really need to see film projected on the big screen to really see how stunning this movie looks.

[@moviemonster2083]

No, color, as in 'the Technicolor process', was invented much earlier than 1950 and was first used in a feature length film in 1935 in a movie called, "Becky Sharp", starring Miriam Hopkins and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Color was around, it was just used only for special big budget films, like "Gone With the Wind", or "The Wizard of Oz', both released in 1939, as it was expensive.

[@shwicaz]

There was an AMAZING documentary on the struggle Welles went through when battling William Randolph Hearst (the real like newspaper magnate on whom 'Kane' is based) called 'The Battle Over Citizen Kane' that is totally stunning as it looks at both Hearst and Welles and how each was affected by the making of and the release of this film. Also, if you are looking for good 'classic' movies like this one, look for 'All About Eve' or 'Some Like it Hot'. Either way you win. Looking forward to seeing your reactions in the future. Subbed.

[@paintedjaguar]

The real life "Xanadu", called the Hearst Castle, still exists at San Simeon on the California coast and you can go tour it. An amazing place even now. Yes, there was even a private zoo. Major newpspers used to come out twice a day, morning and evening, plus special editions if anything really big broke.

[@totallytomanimation]

You should see this movie on a big screen, as in arts movie theater. It's stunning to look at, cinematography by the great Gregg Toland, who died about 7 years after this film was made. But it is noted for changing the look (deep focus) of modern film, the editing of modern films, the structure of story telling in Films, and in doing so changed the way actors acted in films. You should watch "Touch of Evil" a much later Welles film, but another film that changed some aspects of film making again. Also a great film.

[@etherealtb6021]

Yes, Kane was basically Michael Jackson! 😂😂😂

[@JBuckStudios]

THANK YOU! Ugghhh I knew it

[@TrivialTheater]

It's a complicated subject...it changed a lot of the way the game was played. The production was legendary for its techniques and it was a scathing critique of a big media mogul at the time...buuttttt the story, the rest is up for debate. So maybe deserves it's rep? Enjoyed your first view JB...as always, entertain.

[@TrivialTheater]

Btw...the cockatiel scream was to wake people up at a slow pt in the movie

[@IvorPresents]

Brilliant in every way. Wells was twenty five when he did this, his first movie. I know of some who do not like this, could say the same for 2001. I am with those who put it at the top with the best movies ever made. Your comments were funny because I was familiar with the movie, those who tune in without having seen the movie, might get the impression it is a comedy. from your clever remarks. I say, just be yourself,

[@GMAMEC]

Great review without researching the backstory regarding this movie. You picked up the historical significance regarding cinematic techniques, especially your comments about the lighting, camera angles, transitions, storytelling, makeup etc.

[@peterbooth793]

Loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. In fact Hearst successfully kept the movie from being released nationwide and it didn't gain popularity until the 1950s when it was shown on TV.

[@TTM9691]

Color wasn't invented until 1950? What are you talking about? There were color silent films in the 20s (The Black Pirate, 1926, put Technicolor on the map). You never saw The Wizard Of Oz? That's 1939. Heck, there were color films going back to George Melies, in the early 1900s! Ok, I'm shutting this off, yipes.

[@JBuckStudios]

I think you missed the sarcasm in the statement and the channel in general

[@fredericwild734]

The question is asinine! Is water wet?, fire hot?

[@JBuckStudios]

I mean dry ice is dry, right?!

[@hifijohn]

Monty burns from the Simpsons is based on Kane.

[@jamesharper3933]

This is considered the best movie ever made. Orsen Welles was far ahead of his time and changed everything. There were numerous movies from the 1930's and 40's that were filmed in color (Nothing Sacred, Gone With the Wind, Apartment for Peggy, Leave Her to Heaven, State Fair). You need to check out Double Indemnity from 1944. It also is considered one of the best movies ever made. Rosebud is Charles Foster Kane's sleigh from his childhood.

[@trishyquinn554]

Jared this was phenomenal! Great reaction love this movie. such a classic. good choice. My opinion for movies I think you should react to ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' 1999, and ''The Burbs'' 1987 which is a must watch I think you would really like it. Anyway great video again.

[@andrewreisinger6860]

Kane was loosely based off of William Randolph Hearst. "Rosebud" was his nickname for a certain part of the female anatomy.

[@foljs5858]

Whether Hearst used this for pussy though is not related to this movie however - which uses it as a memory for his childhood.

[@andrewreisinger6860]

@@foljs5858 spoiler alert!

[@davedalton1273]

Don't mean to do a "Gotcha!", but there were a number of movies made in color before 1950, including "Gone With the Wind", "The Adventures of Robinhood", a large part of "The Wizard of Oz", among others.

[@jesstube6466]

3:50😐

[@stefanconradsson]

I saw it the first time on VHS in the early 90s, and I was severely disappointed. At that time Citizen Kane was un-obtanium .. never shown in theaters or on tv. Upon repeated viewings though .. sometimes out of boredom .. I'd re-calibrate my grasp of it. And ever so slowly did I start to appreciate the greatness. It is not an easy film to like really .. you have to invest in the story. .. the story is great, phenomenal .. the diversity of brilliant actors, oh man .. but most of all showing what cinema could be by it's technical brilliance. Most of the techniques Orson and company melded into it's fabric had been done before .. like matte painting .. but never to be an integral part of the story like in Citizen Kane. The drawback is the slow pacing .. it surely feels long .. this would be a recurring problem for Orsons career going forward. Forgive the pacing .. it was a different time .. instead look at what is done with a camera lens. It was a quantum leap for cinema to make this amalgamation of storytelling: low angle camera shots, deep focus shots with action through the entire depth (Kane playing in the snow through the window) .. working with perspective and light/shadow. There is even a 'shakey' camera snippet with Kane in a wheelchair taken through a fence. Orson Welles and crew were having fun while making this thing. And that long take where the camera moves up the front of a building and then through a neon sign over the roof down through the rainy window to Susan Alexander in the room below. This was filmed in 1940-41 and there was no CGI then so they had to do it with clever camerawork. Please do revisit that scene and explain how that was filmed. It is a truly great movie and you are brave to take it on. Loved every minute of it. Cheers 🍺

[@AlbrechtAaron]

Colour was invented before then the first colour movie was in the 1920s Technicolor

[@washo2222]

Loved your reaction and you trying to figure out Rosebud, although the comedy and inserts of scenes from other sources kind of ruined the rhythm of the reaction. Nevertheless, you were getting into it. There is so much going on in this film It broke the rules of cinematography and storylines. No movie started at the end and ended with an ending. The usage of deep focus where a distant object is as crystal clear as if it was up close, camera angles are never seen before in this movie (show me a movie made before this that we finally get to see the ceiling of a room), the dark shadows shot naturally but also used metaphorically. The scene where Leland and Kane are having their first argument in the office was shot in such a way a square hole was cut through the stage floor so it could fit the camera, the cinematographer, and director just to get that high angle shot. I first saw this film in a film class in my sophomore year in college. There was a strict rule in the class that we were not to whisper or talk while the movie was playing. I knew nothing about this film but I did know the name Orson Welles from the 1938 radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" that panicked the nation which, in turn, formed the FCC. I, too, was wondering about Rosebud through the early part of the film but the screenplay was so well written, the movie so well photographed, the acting so well played by every actor and actress large and small roles, I was captivated. But when Rosebud was revealed, I jumped out of my seat and yelled "You got to be fucking kidding me!!" Needless to say, the professor scolded me for a little while, told me to write a paper critiquing the movie, and to have it handed in in 2 days. Then he smiled, winked, and said "I liked your reaction." Go back and watch this film without saying a word. Study it, watch it, listen to the dialogue, capture every edit and movement. After that second viewing, you will understand why this film is the greatest film of all time. (BTW: William Alland who played the reporter through the film, became a film producer helming most of the Universal studios B science fiction movies like "Tarantula," "This Island Earth," "The Monolith Monsters," "It Came from Outer Space

[@davidfernandez1992]

12:18, 😂😂

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Colour wasn't invented until 1950? So, I was watching Gone With The Wind (1939) in black and white all these years and I never realized it? 😂 Ok, I don't want to be mean, but of course colour wasn't invented in cinema in 1950, please check better that information, because as I ironically said Gone With The Wind is in glorious Technicolor, and that's a 1939 movie

[@JBuckStudios]

Hahaha I know I know. Just trying to be obnoxious with my style of reactions

[@matthewzuckerman6267]

And I'm pretty sure The Adventures of Robin Hood was released in colour in 1938. Amazing colour too!

[@davidfernandez1992]

Yep, Color film was invented even before talkies come. The first Talkie is The Jazz Singer, 1927. The first color film is The Gulf Between, 1917.

[@rosezingleman5007]

You’re bonkers about color. Watch the film “Wizard of Oz” from 1939. Color!!

[@troybirch]

First time watching you so I don’t know if you deliberately screw things up. Color invented 1950? Ever seen or heard of the Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind? (1939). Who said 1950?

[@JBuckStudios]

Ohh, that was entirely a joke

[@angelareele858]

@@JBuckStudios I hate the way this is constantly praised.......it's overrated.....a dreary vacuous biography of a dreary vacuous man......

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

Do you have to react/talk like a gen xer nerd? You come across like someone whose continous mode is acting surprised. Considering you know little about film and are into showing your reactions, how about your next two videos are Come And See (1985) and then the French movie Martyrs (2008). I would definitely pay to see your reactions to these.

[@polluteyoursoul]

Bruh shut the fuck up not everybody gives a fuck about these shitty old movies yes I am Gen Z but I prefer Uncut Gems over fucking wizard of oz any day

[@EchanteDante]

I don’t get it..I would much rather watch a cheese ball B Horror flick than this boringness! There are way more films from this era that are wayyy more entertaining! I can’t shit on the whole thing...so I’ll name a few things that I find intriguing about Citizen Kane. One is use of interesting shots of the landscapes and sets/scenery. Another would be the inventive use of special effects like of the massive crowd shot and how it is just old school special effects using lights and painted backgrounds. But besides that I really don’t get why this is always held as thee masterpiece of cinema. I just don’t get it! I feel like someone random decided it was artistic and held as a masterpiece...and others started saying it too to sound cultured and knowledgeable about art and cinema. Then eventually it became so wide spread that that “idea” stood the test of time. It eventually became used in film classes and thus got this reputation that it is thee holy grail and thee one cinematic masterpiece...but really it’s okay and had some impressive artistic choices for the time of course but really it just seen that way because so many people heard that it was over the years. It is about as boring as it gets for a choice of classic cinema masterpieces. I get why some people hold this film up on a pedestal but to me I don’t get it. I get why it is seen as important to cinema and how artsy and creative it was especially for the time...however I think it is quite over rated. 100% on rotten tomatoes...and that is exactly why I don’t trust their scores!!

[@andrewreisinger6860]

Anyone who is into the art of filmmaking knows why this film is so highly revered. Toland's deep focus photography, the make-up, acting, storytelling by jumping back and forth in time, the heart wrenching score by Bernard Herrmann. I always tear up at the end...the "great man" character's dying word is that of a beloved childhood toy (his sled), and it will never be known what it meant to the world in this film, just thrown onto the fire and turned to ash.

[@davedalton1273]

You only display your own ignorance. This is comparable to saying The Mona Lisa is overrated. Legions of film critics and historians have extolled Citizen Kane and countless millions have seen it over and over again. I guess you can't help it, though. You probably grew up watching MTV and can't sit still for more than 5 seconds, if that. I feel sorry for you.

[@EchanteDante]

@@davedalton1273 doesn’t mean the movie isn’t boring and over rated. There are plenty of movies critics praise because other critics praised and thus creating a chain of praise that is undeserved because critics don’t want to seem uncultured or ignorant to brilliance of something. I DONT LIKE THIS MOVIE IT IS TERRIBLE! I think the cinematography for the time is really cool to see like once by force but the writing and storytelling is hot garbage. There are so many entertaining and brilliant films from that era and people choose this one to hold up on a pedestal. I think this movie being so praised and infamous is in the same way the Beatles are the greatest band. It is an opinion shared by a large group of people but only because that large group of people want to be seen included in a group that is above others in their knowledge of an art form but really only liking the same damn films other people tell you you should like is the exact opposite of truly having an expanded knowledge of an art form. I get it it’s a classic that other respected people praise but I don’t value their opinions. I like making up my own mind. IF SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME SOMETHING IS GOOD FOR ME TO THINK IT IS GOOD THEN CLEARLY IT ISNT ALL THAT GOOD. I just get soo frustrated by people like you seriously let people have their own opinion. This movie is so boring that it is like extracting teeth no critic or film snob can convince me otherwise.