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Article: 10 REASONS WHY 'CITIZEN KANE' IS WORTH ALL THE FUSS.(Preview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 18, 1991
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Byline: Bill Cosford Knight-Ridder
If you're a normal American, you've been hearing about "Citizen Kane" for most of your natural life, whether you wanted to or not. Now that the film has been re-released, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, it's time to explain this phenomenon.
You have been inundated with tales of "Kane" pre-eminence for two reasons:
*Movie critics are tireless scolds.
*It really is the best movie ever made. Believe me.
"Kane" is the most consistent top- finisher in periodic critics' polls of cinematic achievement, up there with Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion," Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story" and Sergei ...