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Citizen Kane
Recently bumped from its perch on the Sight & Sound list, Citizen Kane is still number one to me. A lot of people ask me why I pick Kane as the best movie of all time, so my response is well-rehearsed at this point. The movie is great for two reasons. The first is its groundbreaking technical achievements. Director Orson Welles used innovative film techniques to make his movie quite unlike its contemporaries. The most obvious is the constant use of deep focus shots by cinematographer Gregg Tolland, but there were also low-angle shots and pioneering uses of special effects and sound editing. The second reason for Kane's greatness is its story and, more importantly, its storytelling. Welles embraced a non-linear story, told in flashbacks and half-remembered episodes. He also abandoned the idea of a single narrator, asking several actors to recount overlapping stories of the rise and fall of Charles Foster Kane.
