1940s: Rosebud!
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The Great Dictator (1940)
Actor, director, producer, writer and composer Charlie Chaplin’s first talking movie, over ten years after sound was introduced in movies. “The Great Dictator” is a satire about the fascism at the start of the second World War. Chaplin plays two roles in the movie, one as a poor Jewish barber, and one role as a parody of Hitler, the tyrannical dictator Adenoid Hynkel in a fictional country. The barber is mistaken for being Hynkel, which leads to the infamous scene where he plays with an inflatable globe. The film concludes with perhaps a bit too lengthy monologue about hope and human rights. Nevertheless, a funny movie for its time.
Actor, director, producer, writer and composer Charlie Chaplin’s first talking movie, over ten years after sound was introduced in movies. “The Great Dictator” is a satire about the fascism at the start of the second World War. Chaplin plays two roles in the movie, one as a poor Jewish barber, and one role as a parody of Hitler, the tyrannical dictator Adenoid Hynkel in a fictional country. The barber is mistaken for being Hynkel, which leads to the infamous scene where he plays with an inflatable globe. The film concludes with perhaps a bit too lengthy monologue about hope and human rights. Nevertheless, a funny movie for its time.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
24-year old wonderboy Orson Welles co-wrote, directed, produced, and acted in this masterpiece and milestone about the public and private life of newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane, which was based on the life of media mogul William Randolph Hearst. The last dying word of Charles Foster Kane sends reporter Jerry Thompson on a search for the meaning of the word and an understanding of the publishing giant’s life. "Citizen Kane" is considered to be the greatest or one of the top ten films ever made and the overall theme of the movie is very much relevant today. It uses many ground-breaking film techniques, like layered sound, overlapping dialogue, non-linear storytelling, innovative camera angles, dramatic lighting and many other things.
24-year old wonderboy Orson Welles co-wrote, directed, produced, and acted in this masterpiece and milestone about the public and private life of newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane, which was based on the life of media mogul William Randolph Hearst. The last dying word of Charles Foster Kane sends reporter Jerry Thompson on a search for the meaning of the word and an understanding of the publishing giant’s life. "Citizen Kane" is considered to be the greatest or one of the top ten films ever made and the overall theme of the movie is very much relevant today. It uses many ground-breaking film techniques, like layered sound, overlapping dialogue, non-linear storytelling, innovative camera angles, dramatic lighting and many other things.
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Casablanca (1942)
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid in a tale of romance, intrigue, and heroism. It has moody dialogue, a sentimental script, and a great cast of memorably characters. It is set during the second World War in the city of Casablanca at a nightclub run by Richard Blaine, which is filled with refugees, smugglers and Nazis. Ilsa Lund and her husband Victor Laszlo walks into the place, trying to arrange their escape from the Nazis.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid in a tale of romance, intrigue, and heroism. It has moody dialogue, a sentimental script, and a great cast of memorably characters. It is set during the second World War in the city of Casablanca at a nightclub run by Richard Blaine, which is filled with refugees, smugglers and Nazis. Ilsa Lund and her husband Victor Laszlo walks into the place, trying to arrange their escape from the Nazis.