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The Citizen Kane Book by Pauline Kael, Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz

latterature's review against another edition

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3.0

Between the shooting script and Kael's (disputed) account of the film's creation, an essential resource for fans of the film.

the_wanderer's review against another edition

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3.0

She really tried with this scalding take on authorship of CITIZEN KANE. I read it as a cautionary tale on how a thesis can be beautifully and compellingly written, while proving false in many respects. Hollywood was so wild lol and I love mess so please give us more film criticism of this length and skill but make it true.
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