Martin Scorsese On CITIZEN KANE
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Martin Scorsese talks about Orson Welles and CITIZEN KANE.
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Scorsese always sounds like a 33 1/3 RPM record played at 45.
Possible that it's been sped up
@@seanmercer2057 Oh no! He always sounds that way. Compare a few other interviews. It's hard to keep up.
“Cocaine’s a hell of a drug” - Rick James
bscottb8 Play the video back at 0.75x speed and it almost sounds normal. But I love Scorsese’s mile-a-minute speech pattern. He’s a wealth of film knowledge and expertise.
LMAO
I just love how excited and passionate Martin Scorsese is when talking about movies.
His enthusiasm is contagious
was just thinking about this! crazy how beautiful people look and sound when they're talking about the things that they love
It's his hearty laugh that gets me!
@Papwithanhatchet he is a film encyclopedia. He’s literally seen every film since 1920. And can speak abt them all
Scorsese is literally me
I love the fact that Martin Scorsese is more willing to talk about the films of others than his own films. My tied favourite director!
Which one is first
@Cyberdemon Mike Meh, One of the inspirations for Welles's Citizen Kane was comics, especially Will Eisner's The Spirit
and Milt Caniff's Terry and the Pirates among others of that era, so for me Scorsese's opinion on the mcu is kind of irrelevant there.
He's still one of my favorite director's regardless.
@Cyberdemon Mike He has a hell of a valid point. There is a viable difference between dramatic films like Citizen Kane and summer blockbusters like The Avengers. He didn't say you shouldn't watch comic book movies if that's what you fancy, he just noted the vast variance in artistic integrity and depth between the two. CGI comic book movies are clearly the fast food of the art form. Your palette is your palette. Ingest what you want, but don't convince yourself that consuming a Royale with Cheese gives you aristocratic taste.
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Passionate. Yet, quiet and reserved. His words are music for my soul.
Oh hi
What truly makes Citizen Kane one of the greatest films of all time is the cinematography of Gregg Toland. He does things with the camera that had never been done before. His use of depth of field, lighting, shadows, unusual camera angles, painfully close close-ups, etc., truly set this film apart. If you watch this film, completely ignore the acting and the plot, and focus solely on the camera, each scene and each still is a visual work of art.
Cinematography is only one of the things in that movie, Orson Wells acting is superb, sometimes re watching it, I almost can't believe he assisted with the script, he directed, acted on it, it's just too much talent in one person, and he was just 25. Also the script and the work in each of the characters, the way the scenes were written, it's my all time favorite cinematography, but the movie is not only that, Lawrence of Arabia has an astonishing cinematography, each shot could be a painting on the wall, but still Citizen Kane is a better movie, and the reason is that all the rest in Citizen Kane is equally high level, it is cliche kind of... but I truly consider Citizen Kane the best movie ever made, and I don't think so soon there will be any other that will surpass that.
Scorcese, my favorite director, is a true master of the use of camera positioning, camera angles, fadeouts (fades in general), timed focusing, and all-around camera movements. That's only one of the many things he has mastered.
Wow Martin Scorcese is just such a nice, humble man. Yet he's made some of the greatest pictures in cinematic history (taxi driver, raging bull, goodfellas etc). It's really interesting to see him talk about THE greatest picture in cinematic history. R.I.P Orson Welles and thank you for the great films you left behind (citizen kane, the third man, touch of evil)
Coppola is an one hit wonder. Scorsese is a much better director. He's very consistent.
He's an at-least-4-hit wonder. All his films in the 70s are great, three of which stake a claim as the best film of the decade.
Dipped in the 80s and 90s, came back to excellent form in 2009 with Tetro, and who knows, maybe he'll make one more before he retires.
Orsen only acted in the 3rd man.
Khang Ho Besides his four masterpieces in the 70s, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Dracula and The Rainmaker are really good. I think he lost his mind while making Apocalypse Now, that’s why the decline in quality afterwards.
@@KungaMatata You're beyond ignorant. That movie is widely considered a classic
It's funny: Scorsese talking about realizing (appreciating), for the first time, what a director does after watching "Citizen Kane" on television--the same thing happened to me the first time I saw "Taxi Driver".
One of the greatest scenes in cinema is the one of Kane's mother looking through the window at Charlie playing in the snow with that incredibly sad look on her face all in deep focus so you see Charlie, her and the room behind her and the husband coming in.
I think this is what he means by the self conscious camera. Most American films had a shallow focus around that time. Like Capra.
I just watched this movie for the first time recently; I´m 59 :)
One of my scenes is when he yelled down the stairs at the dirty politician who blackmailed him.
" I´M CHARLES EMMERSON CANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
So much power in that scream!
I first watched Citizen Kane in film class, but I fell asleep. I watched it again and it's a pretty damn good movie.
I like this comment
Connor Morley I FELL ASLEEP TOO
Lol same exact thing for me
Its a bit better then damn good
I couldn’t take my eyes off it just brilliant !!
I can't imagine how fast he talked back in the day when he was coked up.
He talked slower before. But the coke has left a permanent damage and he can't go back now. Lol.
WHATA.44MAGNUMDOTOAWOMAN’SPUSSYTHATYOUSHOULDSEE!!!
@@timonsteup2877 What coke??
Watch him at The Dick Cavett Show, you´ll see
He admitted was coked up in his scene in the film “Taxi Driver” where he talks about killing his unfaithful wife.
I think Scorsese is right, Kane is an enigma, in many ways. But, for the ending to work, Kane had to be an enigma. If you had gotten to know him on a deep emotional level throughout the film, the ending would have been anti-climatic. Kane is supposed to be emotionally stilted and full of ego. But, you do feel for him, at the same time: that's why he goes about "standing up for the working man" when he takes over the Enquirer-it's an effort to connect with people, even though he doesn't know how to on a sincere level. You also see his softer side on the night he meets Susan Alexander...the joking, and hand puppets. You see that he gets real joy out of making her feel better. It's the happiest we ever see Kane. The real tragedy of Kane is that he really isn't a bad man, in fact he wants to do good a lot of the time. He just ends up stumbling, because he's ill-equipped to handle complex emotions. It's a brilliant maneuver: to be able to have the audience feel that Kane is a first-class jerk...and yet we feel bad for him when he continues to be abandoned by his friends and family.
Ok, its a two years old comment, but: I would argue that the happiest we ever see Kane is his childhood. Which is the whole point of "Rosebud".
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Perhaps Kane was like that due to the 'happiest' time for him being a child with his parents, and they were taken away from him. So throughout life he was subconsciously incapable of getting emotionally close to people, because they will be taken away. And he didn't want to deal with that pain.
Director Orson Welles understood, more clearly than screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, that the meaning of "Rosebud" is just a McGuffin. (I think Welles wrote the speech where the butler dismissed its importance.)
@@Blaqjaqshellaq I think it's possible that Rosebud really does refer to the happiness of his childhood, but also that that carries no importance. After all, there is nothing in that that can carry any meaning to anyone other than Kane himself.
Citizen Kane is unique. Crazy to think that it was Welles directors debut and he just wanted to make a movie out of sheer ignorance.
This is the first time I see and hear Scorsese speak and I just love the tone of his voice and his mannerisms. Even from sitting across the room you could tell this person is interesting.
I think the reason Citizen Kane is so great is because no one can really put their finger on what is so good about it, but it is truly amazing.
When you think about it, Welles is the Scorsese of the 1940s-70s
That man has such a beautiful smile.
who saw citizen Kane when they were 12 years old and instantly new it was something magical .because I did .it was so good I bought the DVD off Amazon then
You know, those striped collars really looked quite smart. They should make a comeback.
Of all the directors speaking about Kane, this is by far the most clear and correct perspective offered. Scorcese understands cinema better than anyone else imo.
Orson’s technique or lack of it became a blueprint for future movies. 👍🏻
Scorsese never seemed so enthusiastic while talking about his own films! But here you see a child like excitement in him!
I love seeing other actors and actresses and directors talking about classics when they really know what they are talking about. Its great to hear their interpretation and comments on it all. It really helps me see new perspectives as well. Ahh its just wonderful!
Has it ever occurred to anyone that Scorsese might be in some ways be the Steve Wozniak of cinema? His genius combined with the passionate way he talks?
Yeah. And I'd say that'd make Tarantino Jobs - a thief (whose entire career is based upon stolen ideas - many from Scorsese) hailed by many as a genius.
Wow. Both Harrison and Stepha. What an amazing take
Don't ever try to get Citizen Kane the first time you see it...You will never think "wow, this is the best movie I've ever watched". After seeing it 30 times, and hundreds of other movies from every decade, you'll begin to get it. See, it would take a time travel to 1941 and erasing your brain from all you've watched to actually be able to get how advaced the movie is watching it the first time.
OMG!!!! one of the best directors talking about one of the best movie ever made
Now I want to hear an hour of him talking about Citizen Kane. I see some Welles in Scorsese's work, particularly how his movies are morality tales that force us to "look": at the corruption of the characters, but also at the darkness in our own hearts.
Martin Scorsese Is The Best 💯 Period
Listening to Martin Scorcese analyze another great film is a master class in itself.
I just learned and can't believe that this movie premiered when Welles was 25, nearly 26. Wow.
The thing at the end about feeling for Welles but notfor Kane is sooo on point
Citizen Kane is my favorite movie
@Felipe Gomes lol Felipe
@Felipe Gomes it isn't overrated just because you couldn't keep up with it.
0.75 speed is just perfect for Mr Scorsese - in his coke days, 0.5 or less
In his coke days..I like this line.
@@sreekarkarakala2378 "This LINE"? XD
@@sreekarkarakala2378 you are the king of comedy
I tried it. You are absolutely right
@@endymionas you mean you tried the coke or changing the speed
"I saw Citizen Kane on television for the first time last week.
Pretty good, 3 1/2 out of 4 stars."
Martin Scorsese one of my favourites ever!
When I see Scorsese's interview, I always have to check if I accidentally set the video to 1.25x speed
Orson Wells acting is superb, sometimes re watching it, I almost can't believe he assisted with the script, he directed, acted on it, it's just too much talent in one person, and he was just 25. Also the script and the work in each of the characters, the way the scenes were written, it's my all time favorite cinematography, but the movie is not only that, Lawrence of Arabia has an astonishing cinematography, each shot could be a painting on the wall, but still Citizen Kane is a better movie, and the reason is that all the rest in Citizen Kane is equally high level, it is cliche kind of... but I truly consider Citizen Kane the best movie ever made, and I don't think so soon there will be any other that will surpass that.
last time to look at me hector
Very insightful. In the top five greatest American films is... Raging Bull. Every shot, every scene is great. I think Marty learned that from KANE.
Orson Welles was one of the most brilliant humans to have lived since Schopenhauer.
Forgot to say that I have seen Kane so many times I've lost count. My take is that it is and will forever remain an enigma. That is to say we all know that it is a masterpiece but nobody has come up with a really good reason as to WHY it is. It is one of the riddles in life. We watch it over and over like we watch sunsets. And it's not the beauty of the sunset that keeps us coming back. It is something more universal, something that we know we within all of us, something waiting for us in eternity. Garen
Scorsese says Kane was "picking up where silent films left off". This is the key. Kane renewed the drive to innovate in the cinema.
Does anyone know where this full interview is
ive never seen Citizen Kane on tv ive only seen it on dvd the first time i rented it then i bought it and ive watched 3 more times since
myself 30 plus times
There is nothing special about the story
except the controversy it caused being about Hearst... it’s the cinematography that makes this movie so special
Marty is always on Amphetamine even when he isn't on Amphetamine
(although he did have his demons in the past.)
Mark Glover Masterson seriously he’s coked out
If you watch it in 0.75x, it'll be more comfortable
Or 0.25x for Tarantino.
you have no idea how much i love this guy!!!
There is always a moment or two when I’m watching a movie that I feel the movie is dragging along or boring. 1 exception is Goodfellas. Never a dull moment. It has all my attention every time I watch it which I have many times. It is a masterpiece, Mr. Scorsese. Thank you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He must have been so excited to get the legendary Bernard Hermann to score Taxi Driver.
See, Scorsese doesn't hate TV, he watched Citizen Kane on TV.
I can't remember but doesn't it show him as a kid playing in the snow? That shot was supposedly break through but the scene was put in just for the shot
I seem to remember reading somewhere that Welles had no idea what he was doing on Citizen Kane, because he had only directed theatre productions before and had never worked with cameras, lights, etc. It would follow then that his deviation from the "seamless film" norm that Scorsese mentioned was a result of this.
It's amazing how many times great art is born from a simple but fortuitous mistake...
@Corvus887 it greatness lies in how Welles was able to incorporate techniques from the early masters like Ford, Renoir, Land etc. and blend them harmoniously.
Kane is sort of a textbook for filmmaking.
A great director on another great director.
Not that my opinion matters but Scorsese proved his brilliance with Hugo. He completely went against what was expected of him and made a beautiful film.
My favorite director
Scorcese brings up a good point. I always find myself "rooting" for Orson Welles, even when he's playing evil characters, as in The Third Man and The Stranger, or Charlie Kane. Charm goes a long way, and Orson had plenty.
Citizen Kane is no Marvel film but it's not bad.
comparing this with what Spielberg had to say about the movie just shows how much better a director Scorsese is. One of the best of all time and he's still around. Wonderful man
+beflygelt Or Spielberg just isn't as verse in explaining his thoughts as Scorsese is about films, one should judge a director's talent on his films not his ability to talk about them.
+slayerming1 you're right. If it is, then John Ford is the most terrible filmmaker ever. "Mr. Ford, you're alway shoot a scene with incredible composition. How do you that?" And Ford be like : "with a camera"
slayerming1 ya I see that.
Scorsese is a film historian, Spielberg is not! They are both amazing directors!
slayerming1 well based on that also Marty is far better,what is the last good Spielberg film?
Martin ...great master of film ...so intelligent ...not a movie maker ...he is a true artist, making a film ...nice man, funny :)
Martin Scorcese has proved himself that he's a great director, he could have stopped by now, but he didn't, because making movies is what he loves, so stop saying that he is a bad director or not. Because you know, he will go but his movies will stay, so ... great director once, great director forever.
Scorsese brings up some good points about that film, but I disagree that you don't get to really know Kane. I think the film presents a pretty good psychological portrait of the character. It's all done through conjecture, which is probably why he says you don't really know him, but I think a perceptive viewer can get a pretty good idea as to what Kane's motivations are.
Meanwhile Hitchcock called Welles' style of camera placement silly (e.g. camera in an active fireplace looking out).
It’s funny Citizen Kane the story the pacing and timing of it in a lot of ways is similar to his biopic films
it's funny because at nine years old I noticed cinematography with Goodfellas
Why you try to be cool Tyler? what makes Tyler "cool" and what's with his hair style which is stupid and his clothes and jailmanners?
Se Martinho falou, tá falado! 👏
Wow! He saw it on television! I wish tv was like that nowadays.
It is...TCM.
Best director hands down
Sydni Grant Welles or Scorsese?
Scorsese
Nameless Paladin
Paul Thomas Anderson everyday
Scorsese is great, but in all honesty he's no Orson Welles.
0:26 letting the audience _____
1:09 (the thing about??) _____ Kane himself
1:40 In the beginning, when I first saw the film, and he _____
what does the Scorsese say? He's speaking incredibly fast for me at these moments, I can't keep up!
1. Letting the audience ascend.
2. The enigma of it is Kane himself
hkfilmfreak1995 Thanks man :D
You're welcome, but rewatching this I think, I got the first one wrong. It would make sense, but it doesn't quite sound like what he said.
hkfilmfreak1995 i think he kinda merged "ascend" and "as" in "as the camera's looking through the floor" and that made an extra syllable. It sounds okay.
its I foundation to the modern cinema.
i think everyone has there own rosebud. and this movie is so amazing that it could reveal something so personal with out revealing to much.
The way Scorces talks about the visible camera, it reminds me so much of fleabag.
a masterpiece
What does he mean specifically when he says that the self-aware camera technique in its way picked IP from where silent film left off?
He means that the camera movements are interesting enough that the audience is going to notice them, they aren't too subtle, so the audience will pay attention to the technique. The cinematography draws attention to itself.
That's exactly happens when I watch Citizen kane, I can't think of Orson Wells being a anarquist
Very smart guy.
None of the films you mentioned are bad. They're all quite good and I think the departed is a really good film. I agree, I think Deniro was much more poewerful that DiCaprio. I don't know about bringing him back though. Deniro has been in some serious turkeys this past 10 years.
Is he saying that the camera angles in Kane were just an extension of what Charles was feeling??
Anyway, this was a nice interview. Marty sure knows a lot about film.
Kane is William Randolph Hearst
mixed with Welles.
Among others. Check out the other influences Welles and Mankewicz used for Kane.
Oreon I also feel there is a little bit of hamlet in it
He is definitely living 1.5 times than myself
I think that the best actor is Johnny Depp based from all the movies he's been in, because he always plays such difficult and varied roles, from one movie, i'd say it was Michael Colreone in the Godfather and for one scene, it would be Marlon Brando in The Godfather, when he's crying.
For normal speed go down to 0.75
So... I came here to view a Scorsese's view on Kane. And TH-cam forces me to watch an advertisement on a wrestling videogame. Good thinking, TH-cam.
Best movie ever made - 'The Room'.
Nope...'Bad Boy Bubby' is better
@buckshoty Ya, it seems like directors can appreciate it from a more creative perspective than critics can. Their personal experience behind the camera probably helps in a sense because they know the work and technique that was used in the film. Critics base it more on the acting and plot, rather than all of the other aspects that make a film good.
Lack of ceilings in CK gives it more cinematic depth.
I like all these films, maybe not as great as some of his previous work, but pretty good. And you're saying a movie that hasn't even RELEASED yet is mediocre? And how the hell is it overrated, no critic has seen it yet. I mean, I understand not liking DiCaprio, but saying a movie is bad without seeing it first is extremely stupid, specially if it's from someone like Scorsese.
I know exactly what he says about the Kane character. It is of the most brilliantly conceived cinema creations. Welles was so misunderstood. Yes, he had an ego, but he knew why--he was brilliant, beyond his years, a visionary whose ideas were trampled by jealous Hollywood nobodies. At least the arrogant Walt Disney, in an ill-fated meeting with Welles to film The Little Prince, knew enough: 'This room is too small for two geniuses' Disney reportedly barked.
@Larkinchance You are just too right.. Advertisements can get realy out of hand...
I had to put this in .75× playback speed
Citizen Kane for the win!
You know the weird thing is that this movie "Citizen Kane" did not get recognized until the mid 1950s. Right now it's a classic... Perhaps it was not meant for the time it was made. It was too great for that time period because Cinema was just starting and people didn't understand it...
I don't agree with you about Scorsese (seriously, I LOVED Shutter Island, Departed, & Aviator--didn't care so much about Gangs of New York) but I gotta admit, that's a great comeback. Mind if I use it?
I want to support you, but ads over one minute are too long!
I have not yet seen Kane.
I've heard much about how it is dated because its techniques have been incorporated into so many films since. Thoughts on this? I will most likely end up seeing it eventually regardless.
@priceMW2 (9 years later) you should watch it! I hope you have by now, it only seems “dated” because all movies from that long ago are different from now. The technique is amazing, the acting incredible (Welles, who turned 25 during the shoot I believe, convincingly plays a guy from 24-80). It’s still the best.
@@mikea.6121 the very defination of cinema art.
A lot of its techniques are implemented in other films, but not many films even come close to how technically masterful it is. There are maybe one or two that I think truly match or surpass it in terms of technical skill.
Anyone after Mank movie???
People will remember Hugo and The Aviator though
The Passion. Redd. ⚡️💊
He became aware of editing? lol The Irishman needed a shit ton edited out.
3,5 hours was too fuckin much xD
@@zachariaszedward5631 Yeah it was too indulgent.
¡Para los hispanohablantes! Les dejo un video que hice en mi canal: 'Cuando Borges criticó a Citizen Kane... y Orson Welles le respondió'. (th-cam.com/video/5LVNtnQ92_o/w-d-xo.html) ¡Les aseguro que les resultará muy interesante! :D
Sounds totally normal at .75 speed