Citizen Kane (1941)
To see if you’re up to it, try this quiz!
1. The display in this film of a star’s bare chest caused underwear sales to plummet.
2. This film was how Francis Ford Coppola spent his time off between The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II.
3. This film, the most impressive directorial debut of all time, was nearly destroyed before a single frame was projected.
4. This film has one of the longest, most complex opening shots ever filmed and was completed 40 years after production started and 13 years after the director’s death.
5. This film by a legendary director is told in real time and orchestrated to contain only five visible edits.
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