Good to know part of the story of how "Citizen Kane (Hearst)" was made. In his first years as an actor/director Welles was a rebel, who did not want to follow what already was available in Hollywood. He wanted something new, critics to the society where he lived, films about how people behave, particularly those extremely wealthy. The films of Welles as an actor/director can be well compared to the novels written by Theodore Dreiser. His films were different and deep in their content and messages if compared with the existing previous ones. It is clear that making "Citizen Kane" was not an easy task for Welles and all of his collaborators. Obstacles were so many, and its final presentation was a real odyssey. This material does not show much details about how it was made, i.e. something about the main heroes, such as Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), Kane's family and others. Liev Schreiber, who has no the paunch of Welles, was able to have a nice performance as the famous actor. Good acting of John Malkovich, as usual, but much more impressive was the acting of Roy Scheider as George Schaefer, the man providing funds for this achievement.
Review of RKO 281
