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Article: The Bloom's Still On the Rosebud; `Citizen Kane' Returns Undiminished at 50
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- The Washington Post
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- April 28, 1991
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No one is likely ever to make a greater movie than "Citizen
Kane" because the movies can never be young again. The Orson Welles
film is 50 years old this month, and although one of its major
themes is the way dreams die with advancing years, advancing years
don't dim the movie at all.
As ever it radiates the bloom of youth. Welles was 25, the
movies were about 40, and talkies were only 14 when "Citizen Kane"
was made.
"Kane" is as youthful as it is cinematic, pure and buoyant and
committed to the idea of motion. Pauline Kael said she found "Kane"
to be "more fun than any other great movie I can think of," and the
fun doesn't fade over time or even with repeated viewings. Words
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