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Citizen Kane is often called the greatest film ever made - With close examination of the opening scenes, discuss the significant artistic features and cinematic techniques that led to this response.  

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Michael Holliday Citizen Kane "Citizen Kane is often called the greatest film ever made. With close examination of the opening scenes, discuss the significant artistic features and cinematic techniques that led to this response." After hearing that the film 'Citizen Kane' was considered the greatest film ever made, I had very high expectations. Especially when most of the films in my era have had millions of pounds spent on them to create special effects and to make them look and feel real, like 'Titanic'. But this film; a story of a rich and successful American who could probably have had whatever he wanted, although his life was never quite complete, was a big change from other films of its era. The realism of the film was something no one had ever seen at the time of its making, and it became the basis of many films to come. The use of the...

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