Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Michael Jackson Syndrom
One of the most prevelant themes in the film Citizen Kane is the loss of innocence. You can see this most clearly at the end of the film when the mystery behind "rosebud" is revealed. Here you have this powerful, important man who was surrounded by influencial and famous people, as well as a huge fortune, but all he cared about in the end was his sled called Rosebud. This speaks volumes about what he needed the most in life, and that was his childhood and true home which was taken away from him at a very young age. Kane's personality seems similar to that of some child stars in our society today. I think the mystery behind rosebud also came from another message the director wanted to send, in saying that it's the smaller sentimental things in life that really give it meaning.
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Your last sentence is dead on, sport. Dead on!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very prominent theme in vanilla sky ( a classic in my opinion). "The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?" - Vanilla Sky In memento they describe "the feeling of a person". Its small bits and snippets that really dont matter but they are what you remember a person by.
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