So far our themes are:
1.) Alienation- The "No Tresspassing" sign, the private aspect of his life, they say that many years of his life are covered.
2.) Loss of Innocence- I'm unsure on this as of now but Kane is accused to be a fascist.
3.) Materialism- The movie so far shows the vast wealth of Kane initially that eventually plunders and disappears with his death. You can't keep your money when your dead. The only thing that remains is his name.
4.) Power- I don't know yet, but Kane loses his power with his death.
5.) It's too early in the movie to say this but I think another theme could possibly be the power of media. The newspapers and media are a major control over the opinion of the people. When Kane is running for governor, a rival newspaper publishes something about one of his affairs.
The fact that Kane's Xanadu castle is on top of a mountain which is situated in a swamp inhabited only by monkeys also conveys the theme of alienation.
ReplyDeleteToday there was another instance of the power theme: when Kane buys out the top employees of the Chronicle. And I definitely agree with the "influence of the media" theme.
ReplyDeleteYour comments are all in reference to "content." We are looking for the ways that content is enhanced by "form." If I'm not clear on this, please let me know in class and I'll go over it more clearly.
ReplyDeleteI understand. This also was on the very first day of watching the film, so I didn't have much to comment about.
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