Citizen Kane
dir. Orson Welles
1941

:star::star::star::star::star:

Rarely does anything really deserve being declared "The Best," but I truly find it impossible to disagree with the accolades bestowed upon Citizen Kane as the "Greatest American Film of All Time."

From the cinematography to the acting, from the script to the sound, every single frame of the film is perfect.

I wish I could say something original about the film, but I don't think any film has ever been more analyzed than Orson Welles' masterpiece.

Thanks to my college experience at UCLA , both undergrad and now grad, I've had the priviledge watching Citizen Kane on the big screen at Melnitz multiple times, most recently for my "Phenomenology of Sound" seminar.