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| Topic: CITIZEN KANE Posted: September 08 2011 at 7:59am By HeadRAZZBerry |
WITH ORSON WELLES' CLASSIC NOW AVAILABLE on BLU-RAY as WELL as DVD (and BEING SHOWN REGULARLY on TCM) WE THOUGHT WE'D ASK a QUESTION FEW (BUT US!) WOULD DARE TO: IS CITZEN KANE REALLY the #1 BEST MOVIE of ALL TIME?? WITH an IMPRESSIVE 9 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATIONS (BUT ONLY 1 WIN - LINK), a RARE 100% APPROVAL RATING at ROTTEN TOMATOES (LINK) and PLACEMENT AT or NEAR the TOP of NEARLY EVERY ALL-TIME BEST MOVIE LIST COMPILED for the LAST 30 YEARS (LINK) CITIZEN KANE HAS EARNED a LEVEL of RESPECT ACCORDED BERRY FEW FILMS. BUT IT's ACTUALLY NOT YE OLDE HEAD RAZZ-BERRY's #1 of ALL TIME (THAT WOULD BE BILLY WILDER's SUNSET BLVD). AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE I'D INCLUDE IT AMONG MY TOP 10. TOP 100, YES -- TOP TEN...MAYBE NOT. IF YOU THINK I'M SPEAKING BLASPHEMY, IF YOU FIND MY CANDOR REFRESHING...or IF YOU'D PREFER WE NOT EVEN BRING UP a 72-YEAR-OLD, BLACK-and-WHITE MOVIE RELIC...FEEL FREE to EXPRESS YOUR OWN THOUGHTS BELOW. PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE YOUR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE as BEST MOVIE of ALL TIME in YOUR POST -- AFTER VOTING in OUR POLL, of COURSE! |