Citizen Kane Minute #23 – Hall of Mirrors

CITIZEN KANE MINUTE #23 - Hall of Mirrors

The greatest film of all time, five minutes at a time.

  • Minutes 1:50:00-1:55:00
  • Special Guest: Writer/Actor Greer Sinclair

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4 responses to “Citizen Kane Minute #23 – Hall of Mirrors

  1. Another excellent episode.

    Great pickup on the doorways Rob. It always struck me as someone trying to hard to look rich. Look at all the baroque styles I have.

    The mirror trick is brilliant. I have never thought about it like the different versions of Kane. For me it was a bit more literal. This was a moment of profound reflection for Kane. This is when he looks at himself and finds himself broken, empty, alone, damaged. And it is a heavy burden. So this is like reflection x 1000.

    Wonderful conversation on noirs, films, etc. I love Ace In The Hole.

  2. Geeky comic footnote: King’s Row was the film that Ronald Regan was working on when Batman and Robin saved him from Catwoman’s assasination plot in the fabled All-Star Squadron Annual #3, often cited in Who’s Who as the issue where the JSA received their increased age-defying vitality! On Earth-Two, at least!

    Chris

  3. I’m loving this show; I’m sorry it is coming to an end.
    Greer Sinclair had a lot of things she wanted to say about this film. I was startled to hear that Pauline Kael thought the 1933 film, The Power and the Glory, was a major influence on Citizen Kane in subject and structure; so, i watched it on YouTube last night.
    The story tells the story of Tracy’s character in flashback vignettes and the connecting narration of his best friend.That structure was pointed out in advertising as a new thing Fox called “narratage”. That was as close aos it came to the structure of Citizen Kane.
    The story has in common only that a rich man’s life is told in flashbacks.
    The most interestingthing about the movie was the deal Preston Sturges

  4. I’m loving this show; I’m sorry it is coming to an end.
    Greer Sinclair had a lot of things she wanted to say about this film. I was startled to hear that Pauline Kael thought the 1933 film, The Power and the Glory, was a major influence on Citizen Kane in subject and structure; so, i watched it on YouTube last night.
    The story tells the story of Tracy’s character in flashback vignettes and the connecting narration of his best friend.That structure was pointed out in advertising as a new thing Fox called “narratage”. That was as close aos it came to the structure of Citizen Kane.
    The story has in common only that a rich man’s life is told in flashbacks.
    The most interesting thing about the movie was the deal Preston Sturges made for writing it.He got an upfront advance and then increasing percentages of the gross as the film made money.
    Like Welles’ final cut contract, Sturges’ percentage of the gross contract was resented by many in the industry.
    Maybe Welles should have invented ‘The Making of . . . ‘ special feature so that it could be the short subject at some screenings — bonus content!
    If you want to look at Tracey as an actor, the film is worth your time. I saw stuff that I’ve seen him do as a Portuguese fisherman, as an old liberal in his last film and maybe a little bit of Fr Flanagan.

    Great idea! I’ll happily follow another movie when you find one that makes sense to you. Im sending a Patreon contributon because of this podcast.

    Michael Ridge

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