1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening
In our last class we discuses the motion picture Citizen Kane. When Citizen Kane hit the scene in the early 1940s it was seen as a bomb and the company that produced the film RKO was close to burning the films negative because of how bad the film turned out. After many months at the box office and the fans grew... Citizen Kane became a smash hit. It had a huge following do to the star, writer and director of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles. Orson was only 24 when RKO gave him all control of his first movie Citizen Kane. Orson is also very well known for his Mercury Radio Dramas especially War of the Worlds.
2) Find a related article (on the film, directed, studio, actor/actress, artistic content, ect.) You can use the library or the Internet. Cite the article or copy the url to your journal entry. Summarize in your own words the related article but do not plagiarize any content.
The article I found on the film is about the death of Richard Collins the late husband of Dorothy Comingore, the actress who played Susan. It discussion of both blacklist of Dorothy and Richard. It is a revisiting to the secret life of Dorothy Comingore. After Citizen Kane, Dorothy was on fire and everyone in town wanted her but RKO refused. After the shot of fame, Dorothy didn't know how to responded and felt ill for a short time. She stop showing up to work and RKO suspended her. Dorothy had hoped to star in many films, but upon returning to work found nothing to do. Her career shortly ended in 1951 when she was caught up in the Hollywood Blacklist. Soon after she was accused of heavy drinking in custody hearings for her children, and on March 19, 1953, she was arrested for prostitution in West Hollywood. Many fans and her self believed that is was part of scheme to make her seem that she was part of the Communism Movement. After that she moved to Connecticut and died at the age of 58 due to her alcohol problem and died of pulmonary disease. Her late husband Richard Collins has been in hiding up to his death because of the harsh things that was done to Dorothy.
3) Relate the article to the screening
Citizen Kane itself is well known as the most controversial movie to date. Not only Dorothy was known for the Hollywood blacklist. The movie itself was known for maybe begin use as communism propaganda. Any movie with Hitler in it in the very beginning is a movie that will be up for speculation. Many others view the movie, propaganda aside as one of the best movie ever made but that is do to the fact of the genies himself Orson Welles. Orson was also question many of times for communism but because of Citizen Kane and the greatness behind no one ever want to upset him about it. Orson never believed that Dorothy should of been on the blacklist but could say any thing about it because then him self will be look at. Quiet the Scandal if you asked me.
4) Write a critical analysis of the film
Citizen Kane was a very good movie but I personally feel that a took a while to get to the actually movie. There was so many flashbacks in the begin of the film I had no idea what story line went to which characters or which I was suppose to be following and who was I supposed to be looking at. It was when Susan came in the picture that everything started making sense. I realized what was going on and that the main point was to find out who was Rosebud. Orson Welles was smart because he kept the audience intending with the knowledge who was the actually Rosebud. SUSAN??? HIS MOTHER??? MORE MONEY THAT HE NEVER GOT TO GET??? ROSEBUD WAS A... sled. I was at the edge of my sit at the ending. Orson Welles had my feelings in the palm of his hand and boom just like all of Kane's priceless artifacts that were in boxes their all burn like my feelings when that sled burned to. The entire made sense now. Even though he had all this money and power all he wanted was his childhood with his family and the simple life. A life that I don't think a lot of people live anymore. Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is a great reality check of the real world we live in.
CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM
1) (X) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) (X) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) (X) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) (X) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) (X) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) (X) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) (X) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) (X) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name:Antonio Amorim Date:03/25/2014
2) (X) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) (X) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) (X) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) (X) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) (X) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) (X) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) (X) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name:Antonio Amorim Date:03/25/2014
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