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you have been spoiled by the cinematography of the modern age. almost 100% of all the camera tricks from the last 70 years of film history came from Citizen Kane.
without Kane you wouldn't have Star Wars, Ms Doubtfire, James Bond, Conan The Barbarian, Terminator, Superman, X-Men.
Sometimes a film isn't just about the story. sometimes the film is the story. This is why film is considered one of the mediums of classical art.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a film renders us speechless.
Yup. I think Citizen Kane's story is mid, but the cinematography is absolute divine. The more I think about Citizen Kane, the more I see why it's a classic. While watching the movie, it didn't feel like an old movie at all! The extreme low angle shot is still in my mind many years after watching Citizen Kane.
Yeah this is also seen by Birth of a Nation. Fucken racist shit where every "person" involved deserved to by hanged and speared but it also was very innovative from a filmographic point of view.
Without some caveman rubbing sticks together we wouldn't have fire. That doesn't mean rubbing sticks together is better than a Bic lighter.