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The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a documentary that tells a story of two giants on a collision course against
each other to test their gigantic egos: Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst.
The former emerged as the winner although he would pay the price dearly while the latter faded away in history like
sand in the wind. Anybody who has seen plenty of cinema knows Citizen Kane is genius:
an encyclopedia of camera tricks that are impossible to duplicate.
The documentary explains how the film came to fruition and the controversy it generated. The more you learn about the backstory,
the easier it is to appreciate Citizen Kane.
All in all, The Battle Over Citizen Kane is an important historical documentary.