Citizen Kane is filmed as a series of long takes, composed in-
depth to eliminate the necessity for narrative cutting within
major dramatic scenes. The film uses very little shot/counter-
shot. Why is this so important to the way we experience the film
visually? Why is this important to the content of the film? Do
the multiple perspectives bring us closer to or further away
from the truth? Do the individual narratives distinctively
differ? Are they all Welles/Toland's visions or do they show
individual narrators' perspectives? Do the perspectives of the
individual narrators always make sense? That is, would Susan
know the content of her own narrative? Would Jed have access to
the information in his narrative? Do the narratives work with
each other or contradict each other? Do the more subjective
narratives support or refute the newsreel? Does the answer to
Rosebud tell us anything? everything? nothing? Why don't we get
to see the reporters' faces? How is the film prophetic? Does it
shed any light on the Clinton