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Citizen Kane

Title
Citizen Kane / Laura Mulvey.
Author
Mulvey, Laura.
Publication
London ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012.

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103 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
BFI film classics
Uniform Title
BFI film classics.
Subject
Citizen Kane (Motion picture) > Criticism and interpretation
Note
  • Orig. pub. : 1992
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).
Call Number
MFLP (Citizen Kane) 13-3682
ISBN
  • 9781844574971 (pbk.)
  • 1844574970 (pbk.)
LCCN
2012532992
OCLC
793214058
Author
Mulvey, Laura.
Title
Citizen Kane / Laura Mulvey.
Imprint
London ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
BFI film classics
BFI film classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103).
Research Call Number
MFLP (Citizen Kane) 13-3682
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