If someone with my limited attention span (roughly three to seven seconds) can sit through this film not once... not twice... but THRICE! ... a simple 'wow' will have to suffice. Every frame of this movie is jam-packed with life, and the transitions in this movie -- alone -- warrant multiple viewings. Documentary on second disk is a must for Orson-heads (though ultimately depressing). As an aside, there's a soundbite from one of his colleagues (in the doc) regarding his "vainglorious"-ness that is just asking to be sampled. Orson Welles: Original Gangster.

I enjoyed the extras to this disk set. I did not know about the fighting and uproar this movie cause and how young Orson was when he did this movie. Now I am not surprised that he didn't win best picture in 1941. before I saw the extras I always wondered why the movie did not win since it is considered one of the best movies of all time.

Two dvds. Quite a lot of content for seven days and quite a lot to get through, this time I skipped much of the special features. I watched the movie and found it intriguing the way it started out with visuals at first (later it ended with similar visuals). How Kane came to leave his family seemed far fetched to my way of thinking but considering the times it was set in, perhaps it was something that happened? As Kane moves on through his career and life (career seemingly before his married and social life) he becomes something of a sympathetic figure at least for his imagined, if not realistic, stance for the poor and marginalized. His accusing friend came off as quite the awful person too. Kane's slow slide into solitude is saddening. This is a great film which also includes "The American Experience" comparison investigation of Orson Welles and his adversary Hearst (the newspaper publisher/owner).

Absolutely stunning! That was the greatest and funniest 2 hours of my movie experience of the old days! Orson Wells is a genius! 5/5 Stars!!!

Grand, innovative, brilliant film. What an incredibly gifted and talented human being was Orson Welles to have co-written, directed, produced, edited, and starred in such a spectacular epic as this... AT 24 YEARS OLD. Very interesting commentary by Peter Bogdanovich and Roger Ebert on Welles' creative cinematography concepts such as 'deep focus', 'cut-less' sequences, etc. FIVE STARS.

What else can I add to what has already been said of this movie? Amazing.

Everyone should see this film, but I beg to differ with the unofficial but implied subtitle "The Greatest Film Of All Time". I really think its impact on the studio system and Hollywood's belief in one individual as a director/writer/producer/actor for a picture, rather than its actual content, is why it is remembered.

Very well done movie I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one.

A good look at a ruthless businessman who regretted his mother's decision to give him up for his best interests. It is based upon Hearst's life but what is fact or fiction is for those who really know the mogul.

Far more than it's creative content or artistic significance, this film made name for itself by creating more wars between the producer, Hollywood & the powerful media mogul of his time, William Randolf Hearst (Citizen Kane). The 24yrs old young Producer trying to make name for himself at the expense of powerful moguls of society, moving from New York to Hollywood & contemplating to shake the grounds of the powerful elites in society, ended up being CONDEMNED as "communist", therefore for decades under the investigation of the FBI, while William Randolf Hearst (Citizen Kane) held HOLLYWOOD HOSTAGE by accusing & BLACKMAILING the HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY monopolized by Jews refugees from Germany ONLY. VERY CONTROVERSIAL FILM!!!