Citizen Kane Analysis

Many critics consider "Citizen Kane" to be the greatest movie of all time, and with all reason to conclude so. After all, it was an artistic masterpiece and a technological wonder. However, the film's greatness does not derive solely from its artistically executed cinematic, dramatic, and literary elements, but also from the details instilled within each and every frame, and the manner in which its every aspect helped develop the theme.
Gregg Toland's cinematography was revolutionary. The combination of montage, black-and white lighting, wide-angled lenses, deep focus photography, long tr…