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Masterpiece of film history for cinema enthusiasts.

"Citizen Kane" is a must-read for cinema enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Laura Mulvey offers a fresh interpretation of the film's political background and context, as well as its psychoanalytic structure. Mulvey's analysis highlights the film's politics, and its contemporary relevance in media portrayal of economic crises.

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Citizen Kane

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ISBN: 9781844574971
Authors: Laura Mulvey
Publisher: BFI Publishing
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, History
Goodreads rating: 3.63
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Citizen Kane's reputation as one of the greatest films of all time is matched only by the accumulation of critical commentary that surrounds it. What more can there be to say about a masterpiece so universally acknowledged? Laura Mulvey, in a fresh and original reading, illuminates the richness of the film, both thematically and stylistically, relating it to Welles's political background and its historical context. In a lucid and perceptive critique she also investigates the psychoanalytic structure that underlies the film's presentation of Kane's biography, for once taking seriously what Orson Welles himself disparagingly referred to as 'dollar-book Freud.'In her foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Laura Mulvey focuses on the film's politics, highlighting the contemporary 'rhymes' in Kane's portrayal of a scandal-prone press baron in a time of economic crisis.
 

Masterpiece of film history for cinema enthusiasts.

"Citizen Kane" is a must-read for cinema enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Laura Mulvey offers a fresh interpretation of the film's political background and context, as well as its psychoanalytic structure. Mulvey's analysis highlights the film's politics, and its contemporary relevance in media portrayal of economic crises.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.