History Awesome / CitizenKane

-->'''Kane:''' Don't you know that our guests, everyone here, will know about this? You've packed your bags. You've sent for the car.\\

-->'''Kane''': Don't you know that our guests, everyone here, will know about this? You've packed your bags. You've sent for the car.
-->'''Susan''': And left you? Of course they'll hear. I'm not saying goodbye, except to you, but I never imagined that people wouldn't know.
-->'''Kane''': I won't let you go.
-->'''Susan''': Goodbye Charlie.
-->'''Kane''': (pleading) Susan. Please don't go. No. Please, Susan. From now on, everything will be exactly the way you want it to be, not the way I think you want it, but - your way. You mustn't go. You can't do this to me!
-->'''[[TheDitz Susan]]''': Oh. So it's ''you'' that this is being done to. ''I'' can't do this to ''you?'' Oh yes I can.

-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I came here to see you about this campaign of yours. This ''Inquirer'' campaign against the Public Transit Company.
-->'''Kane''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Mr. Thatcher, do you know anything we can use against them?]]
-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I think I should remind you of a fact you seem to have forgotten: that ''[[{{Hypocrite}} you yourself are one of the largest individual shareholders in the Public Transit Company!]]''
-->'''Kane''': Trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people here. As Charles Foster Kane, who owns 82,364 shares of Public Transit preferred--[[DeadpanSnarker you see, I]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker do]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker have a general idea of my holdings]]-- I sympathize with you. Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel. His paper should be run out of town. A committee should be formed to boycott him. [[HypocriticalHumor You may, if you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of $1000]].
-->'''Thatcher''': My time is too valuable for me-
-->'''Kane''': On the other hand, I am the publisher of ''The Inquirer''. As such, it is my duty - I'll let you in on a little secret, it is also my pleasure - to see to it that decent, hard working people of this city are not robbed blind by a group of money-mad pirates because, God help them, they have no one to look after their interests! I'll let you in on another little secret, Mr. Thatcher. I think I'm the man to do it. You see, I have money and property. If I don't defend the interests of the underprivileged, somebody else will - maybe somebody without any money or any property, and that would be too bad.
-->'''Thatcher''': Yes, yes, yes, money and property. Well, I happened to see your financial statement today, Charles. Now tell me honestly, my boy, don't you think it's rather unwise for you to continue this philanthropic enterprise? This ''Inquirer'' - that is costing you one million dollars a year?
-->'''Kane''': You're right. We did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... ''sixty years''.

* A minor example, but there's a brief shot after Kane and Susan's break up with an infinity mirror lineup that was pure brilliance.

!!The Movie

* A minor example, but there's a brief shot after Kane and Susan's break up with an infinity mirror lineup that was pure brilliance.

!!Meta
* Gregg Toland's cinematography, full stop. It ''literally'' changed filmmaking forever.
** One example is the scene where the camera shows the Susan Kane neon sign and then breaks through the sign and into the broken skylight on the building's roof and then moves down to a table inside the El Rancho Nightclub.
** There's the crumpling marriage montage with Charles Kane and Emily Kane, showcasing their marriage over a nine-year span within 2 minutes. They even showed Charles and Emily reading rival newspaper during the last scenario; Chronicle and Inquirer. Toland did ''not'' mess around.
** Let's not forget about the scene where Kane reflects on his loss at the polls with Leland.
* The film itself is a moment of awesome, not just for the film industry, but also for its director, producer, co-screenwriter and main star: Creator/OrsonWelles. He was only 25 at the time, and this was the very first film he ever directed. It really says something when a director's able to make history that early in their career. It's no wonder the film's been labeled as the greatest film of all time.
* Most of the film's main stars were new to acting at the time, but they still managed to pull off amazing performances, even the ones with [[EnsembleDarkhorse limited]] [[OneSceneWonder screentime.]] It was so impressive, the credits even took the time to honor those stars for their roles, saving Welles, the main star, for last.

!!The Movie

* A moment that manages to be more powerful ''because'' it occurs off screen: early on, as a young, idealistic publisher, Kane runs a front page article revealing his "Declaration of Principles." Jed Leland asks to keep the handwritten original declaration, saying he thinks "it might be important one day. A document." Fast forward thirty years: Kane is now thoroughly corrupt and in love with his own power. After his wife's disastrous opening night, Leland sticks to ''his'' principles and writes a blistering - and honest - review. Kane fires Leland, then tries to mollify him by giving him a $25,000 check (about $300,000 in 2014) as severance. Leland ''tears up the check and mails it back to Kane'', along with the old Declaration of Principles. Not a word inside, nor is one needed. It's a strong contender for the most forceful, and classiest, "screw you" in the history of cinema.

* Susan Alexander Kane gets the quietest and best one in the whole movie:
--> '''[[TheDitz Susan]]''': Oh. So it's ''you'' that this is being done to. ''I'' can't do this to ''you?'' Oh yes I can.

* The film itself is a moment of awesome, not just for the film industry, but also for its director, producer, co-screenwriter and main star: Creator/OrsonWelles. He was only 25 at the time, and this was the very first film he ever directed. It really says something when a director's able to make history that early in their career. It's no wonder the film's been labeled as "the greatest film of all time.

** Not only that, pretty much all the film's main stars were new to acting at the time, but they still managed to pull of amazing performances, even the ones with [[EnsembleDarkhorse limited]] [[OneSceneWonder screentime.]] It was so impressive, the credits even took the time to honor those stars there roles saving Welles the main star for last.

* The film itself is a moment of awesome, not just for the film industry, but also for its director, producer, co-screenwriter and main star: Orson Welles. He was only 25 at the time, and this was the very first film he ever directed. It really says something when a director's able to make history that early in their career. It's no wonder the film's been labeled as "the greatest film of all time.

* Gregg Toland's cinematography, full stop. It ''literally'' changed filmmaking forever.

* A moment that manages to be more powerful ''because'' it occurs off screen: early on, as a young, idealistic publisher, Kane runs a front page article revealing his "Declaration of Principles." Jed Leland asks to keep the handwritten original declaration, saying he thinks "it might be important one day. A document." Fast forward thirty years: Kane is now thoroughly corrupt and in love with his own power. After his wife's disastrous opening night, Leland sticks to ''his'' principles and writes a blistering - and honest - review. Kane fires Leland, then tries to mollify him by giving him a $25,000 check (about $300,000 in 2014) as severance. Leland ''tears up the check and mails it back to Kane'', along with the old Declaration of Principles. Not a word inside, nor is one needed. It's a strong contender for the most forceful, and classiest, "screw you" in the history of cinema.

-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I came here to see you about this campaign of yours. This Enquirer campaign against the Public Transit Company.

-->'''Kane''': [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Mr. Thatcher, do you know anything we can use against them?]]

* A moment that manages to be more powerful ''because'' it occurs off screen: early on, as a young, idealistic publisher, Kane runs a front page article revealing his "Declaration of Principles." Jed Leland asks to keep the handwritten original declaration, saying he thinks "it might be important one day. A document." Fast forward thirty years: Kane is now thoroughly corrupt and in love with his own power. After his wife's disastrous opening night, Leland sticks to ''his'' principles and writes a blistering - and honest - review. Kane fires Leland, then tries to mollify him by giving him a $25,000 check (about $300,000 in 2014) as severance. Leland ''tears up the check and mails it back to Kane'', along with the old Declaration of Principles. Not a word inside, nor is one needed. It's a strong contender for the most forceful, and classiest, "screw you" in the history of cinema.
* Hearst gets a moment too. He was GenreSavvy enough to understand the power of the StreisandEffect 60 years before it was named.

* A moment that manages to be more powerful ''because'' it occurs off screen: early on, as a young, idealistic publisher, Kane runs a front page article revealing his "Declaration of Principles." Jed Leland asks to keep the handwritten original declaration, saying he thinks "it might be important one day. A document." Fast forward thirty years: Kane is now thoroughly corrupt and in love with his own power. After his wife's disastrous opening night, Leland sticks to ''his'' principles and writes a blistering - and honest - review. Kane fires Leland, then tries to mollify him by giving him a $25,000 check (about $300,000 in 2014) as severance. Leland ''tears up the check and mails it back to Kane'', along with the old Declaration of Principles. Not a word inside, nor is one needed. It's a strong contender for the most forceful, and classiest, "screw you" in the history of cinema.

-->'''Kane''': You're right. We did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... ''sixty years''.

-->'''Kane''': You're right. We did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in - ''sixty years''.

-->'''Kane''': Trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people here. As Charles Foster Kane, who owns 82,364 shares of Public Transit preferred--[[DeadpanSnarker you see, I]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker do]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker have a general idea of my holdings]]-- I sympathize with you. Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel. His paper should be run out of town. A committee should be formed to boycott him. [[HypocriticalHumor you may, if you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of $1000]].

-->'''Kane''': Trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people here. As Charles Foster Kane, who owns 82,364 shares of Public Transit preferred--[[DeadpanSnarker you see, I]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker do]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker have a general idea of my holdings]]-- I sympathize with you. Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel. His paper should be run out of town. A committee shoudl be formed to boycott him. [[HypocriticalHumor you may, if you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of $1000]].

-->'''Kane''': On the other hand, I am the publisher of The enquirer. As such, it is my duty - I'll let you in on a little secret, it is also my pleasure - To see to it that decent, hard working people of this city are not robbed blind by a group of money-mad pirates because, God help them, they have no one to look after their interests! I'll let you in on another little secret, Mr. Thatcher. I think I'm the man to do it. You see, I have money and property, If I don't defend the interests of the underprivileged, somebody else will - maybe somebody without any money or any property and that would be too bad.
-->'''Thatcher''': Yes, yes, yes, money and property. Well, I happened to see your financial statement today, Charles. Now tell me honestly, my boy, don't you think it's rather unwise for you to continue this philanthropic enterprise? This Enquirer - that is costing you one million dollars a year?
-->'''Kane''': You're right. We did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this years. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year I'll have to close this place in - ''sixty years''.

-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I think I should remind you of a fact you seem to have forgotten: that ''[[{{Hypocrite}} you yourself are ''one of the largest individual shareholders in the Public Transit Company!]]''

-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I think I should remind you of a fact you seem to have forgotten: that ''[[{{Hypocrite}} you yourself'' are ''one of the largest individual shareholders in the Public Transit Company!'']]

-->'''Thatcher''': Charles, I think I should remind you of a fact you seem to have forgotten: that ''Hypocrite you yourself'' are ''one of the largest individual shareholders in the Public Transit Company!''

-->''''Thatcher''': My time is too valuable for me-
-->'''Kane''': On the other hand, I am the publisher of The enquirer. As such, it is my duty - I'll let you in on a little secret, it is
also my pleasure - To see to it that decent, hard working people of this city are not robbed blind by a group of money-mad pirates because, God help them, they have no one to look after their interests! I'll let you in on another little secret, Mr. Thatcher. I think I'm the man to do it. You see, I have money and property, If I don't defend the interests of the underprivileged, somebody else will - maybe somebody without any money or any property and that would be too bad.