66 years ago today, RKO Pictures unleashed the oft-considered Greatest Film of All-Time, Citizen Kane, on the world.
As Richard Corliss of Time Magazine wrote for the 50th anniversary:
"Fifty years ago last week, Hollywood was the home of the avant garde. RKO released an experimental film made by a 25-year-old novice who didn't know the rules, didn't care when his studio elders said, "You can't do that!" Outrageous, iconoclastic, with warning shadows and baroque camera angles, Citizen Kane told future moviemakers that anything was possible."
Coming back to today, the latest release from RKO Pictures was the Ice Cube-family "comedy" Are We Done Yet, a remake of 1948's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (which wasn't that great to begin with, despite starring the incomparable Cary Grant, and was already remade as The Money Pit in the 80's) and a sequel to 2005's Are We There Yet.
We've come a looooong way, wouldn't you say?
Do yourself a favor and see Kane if you haven't. Even if you have seen it, see it again.
1 comment:
I've seen "Citizen Kane"--it's good--very good--but not outstanding. Have you seen the following?
Modern-Magnolia,Ma Vie en Rose
Comedy-Chasing Amy
Respectfully,
Emily
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