Number One! Number One!

Tonight, I watched the "Number One Film of All-Time" {according to the American Film Institute}: Citizen Kane.
I had some trouble staying awake through the first 15 minutes {though, I think it was my fault, not Mr. Kane's}...once I found a less comfortable position, I really enjoyed the rest.

I love to think about the originality of the camera angles and storyline. I loved the dialogue, especially these two lines {which are from two separate scenes}:
Charles Foster Kane: "You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."

Bernstein: "Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of."

Check out handsome young Orson Welles:
And another great surprise: during the closing credits, they introduced a few of the actors who were "new to motion pictures"...including Agnes Moorehead. {If you grew-up in my family, you are now singing "And Agnes Moorehead as Endora!" to the tune of the last line of "Bewitched"}
I have to imagine that Agnes was so sad to be in forced in to lime green Technicolor when she remembers looking like this:
Agnes is also in an incredible episode of The Twilight Zone, but the photos were so creepy that I couldn't post one.

It seems funny to recommend Citizen Kane.
Duh, people love it...it raised the motion picture bar.
Rent it, or borrow it from your friend's parents; chances are, they own it. You don't need to.