Decades after its release, Citizen Kane is still widely hailed as the . But why does a black-and-white drama about a dead newspaper tycoon continue to top lists and fascinate film students?

Citizen Kane (1941): The Masterpiece That Rewrote the Rules of Cinema

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A reporter is tasked with uncovering the meaning of that word, leading to a series of told by the people who knew him best—each offering a different, sometimes contradictory, perspective on the man. Why It Was Revolutionary