Appreciation of orson welles's Excellent Films

Citizen Kane (194 1 year)

Citizen Kane is a milestone in the history of American and world movies. Citizen Kane won nine nominations in one fell swoop at the Academy Awards, and finally won only the best original screenplay award. From now on, it has changed the traditional Hollywood film shooting mode and continuously influenced the development of movies. It can be called one of the most successful works in the film history, and its artistic strength, courage, roughness, impact, entertainment and personal experience have reached the peak of that era.

Every scene in Citizen Kane is worthy of careful analysis and study, because every scene will amaze people who love directing art. One of the best test methods is to look at the general content of each paragraph in the script first, then think about how you would handle it, or how common movies and TV plays are performed, and then compare how Wells did it. You will be amazed at the originality of the film. It is no exaggeration to say that the perfection of Citizen Kane is reflected in all aspects of the film and has become a "textbook" for all kinds of filmmakers. People who study acting should see how orson welles, 25, played Kane in his twenties, forties and sixties respectively, and how the vitality, sincerity, arrogance and arbitrariness of a newspaper tycoon's character were displayed in a three-dimensional way; Some film make-up artists may not have learned the skills to make a young man in his twenties "aging" so realistically: those who study lighting should understand its light composition and how light plays a role in revealing the spatial level of the scene, weaving the atmosphere and depicting the psychological activities of the characters; Set props have to let them watch Citizen Kane ten times until they really realize that Kane's residence in his later years must be a palace-like interior; Not to mention photography, through the film, you can see the outstanding examples of the application of deep focus lens, the camera's lifting and shaking is wonderful, the shooting angle and position sense, and the voice-over function. Rhythm, the ups and downs of works, is how the rhythm form comes out. The sequence paragraphs of Kane, a young man, a middle-aged man and an old man are obviously in poor tone. Coupled with the introduction of a newsreel style at the beginning and the connection of interviews interspersed among them, the scenes of this film are dense and solid.

Citizen Kane is a movie whose box office doesn't match its reputation. When explaining this phenomenon, senior film critics said: "It is not a sitcom that people can see at a glance, but a film that highly concentrates on life, deeply understands human nature and society, and rationally experiences the psychological world. It has far-reaching significance and needs to be chewed repeatedly. It is a pure' movie poem'! " Citizen Kane has a kind of immortality that breaks away from the fetters of time. All aspects have risen to a new height, some aspects have been imitated, and some have not dared to break through so far. Many movies that follow it have just made a breakthrough at a certain level or point, and they have been strongly sought after by everyone. Citizen Kane has greatly broken through the original expression of film art at every level, and some have almost reached the height of "no one comes after".

Hearst was very dissatisfied with the filming of this film. He used his media to boycott Ray and the film, and even threatened to disclose the fact that the brains of Hollywood studios were mostly Jewish. At this time, other studios jointly sent an offer to buy copies to Lei. At Wells' insistence, Ray refused, and finally the film was released. Although praised by non-Hurst film critics, commercial failure is inevitable.

Citizen Kane called almost all the radio and television special effects departments in China. More than 80% of the pictures in this film need special effects, such as miniature photography, composite photography, secondary exposure and multiple exposures, and many scenes need overprinting. The special effects ratio of this film even exceeds that of Star Wars.

Ambasson family

Magnificent Amberson (1942)

The Ann Ba Sen Family is orson welles's second feature film after Citizen Kane. It also goes down in history, and almost all movie books and websites have given it the highest honor.

The story tells the story of Abe's family from glory to decline. The plot of the film almost revolves around the contradiction between carriage and car. In sharp contrast to the gradual decline of the Abesen family, the Morgan family began to rise in the invention of the automobile and quietly changed history.

This is a masterpiece cut to pieces, because after several poor rehearsals, the company cut it for 43 minutes. It has never had as great an impact as Citizen Kane; In any cinema, "Ann Ba Sen" can only have half-time audience so far. When orson welles filmed Citizen Kane, he paid more attention to the artistic means of the film, while when shooting Mr. and Mrs. Ann Ba Sen, he first paid attention to the characters. Mother-child relationship is a typical interpretation of Oedipus complex.