Citizen Kane : A Critical Analysis by Robert McKee / TVF International (Firm).

According to outspoken film critic Robert McKee, any greatness of Citizen Kane must lie in its style; substance, he argues, is distinctly lacking. In this program, McKee skewers the content of cinema's sacred cow and charges Orson Welles with artistic overkill, dubiously praising the movie's cinemat...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
TVF International (Firm)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], ©1991.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Welles, Orson, > 1915-1985.
Citizen Kane (Motion picture) > Criticism and interpretation.
Motion pictures > Study and teaching.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 min.) : sound, black and white
Variant Title:
Critical Analysis by Robert McKee
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Introduction: Robert McKee on "Citizen Kane" (2:10)
  • An Imitative Overview of the Film (2:27)
  • Style and Content (2:58)
  • Deep Focus (3:28)
  • "Citizen Kane" As Art (4:55)
  • Story Design (2:33)
  • Diverse Theories of Meaning (2:22)
  • Bad Writing and Muddled Meaning (2:40)
  • The Mythology of "Citizen Kane" (2:01)
  • Credits: Citizen Kane: A Critical Analysis by Robert McKee (11689) (0:39)