【影片原名】Citizen Kane
【中文译名】公民凯恩/大国民
【出品公司】Mercury Productions
【上映日期】1941年9月5日 美国
【影片级别】Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:12 | Brazil
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【IMDB链接】
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/
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IMDB评分】
8.6/10 (156,853 votes) Top 250: #38
【国 家】美国
【类 别】剧情/悬疑
【导 演】奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles
【主 演】奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles ....Kane
多萝西·康明戈尔 Dorothy Comingore ....Susan Alexander Kane
阿格妮丝·摩尔海德 Agnes Moorehead ....Mary Kane
约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten ....Jedediah Leland
鲁斯·沃里克 Ruth Warrick ....Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Ray Collins ....James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford ....Herbert Carter
Everett Sloane ....Mr. Bernstein
威廉·阿伦德 William Alland ....Jerry Thompson
Paul Stewart ....Raymond
乔治·库鲁里斯 George Coulouris ....Walter Parks Thatcher
福图尼奥·博纳诺瓦 Fortunio Bonanova ....Matiste
Gus Schilling ....The Headwaiter
Philip Van Zandt ....Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus ....Miss Anderson
Harry Shannon ....Kane's Father
Sonny Bupp ....Kane III
Buddy Swan ....Kane - Age Eight
Don Ackerman ....Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Loretta Agar ....Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Demetrius Alexis ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Peter Allen ....Man in Senate Investigating Committee (uncredited)
William Alston ....Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Baudelio Alva ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
T. Lockwood Arbright ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Sam Ash ....Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Michael Audley ....Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Alva Baudena ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
Charles Bennett ....Entertainer (uncredited)
Joan Blair ....Georgia (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Robert Brent ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
James Brought ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
Morgan Brown ....Servant (uncredited)
Harry Burkhardt ....Wedding Guest (uncredited)
William Calkins ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Porter Chase ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Gene Chervow ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
J.J. Clark ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Dorothy Cleveland ....Person in Front of 'Chronicle' Building (uncredited)
埃德蒙·科博 Edmund Cobb ....Inquirer Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Coke ....Reporter (uncredited)
纳·京·科尔 Nat 'King' Cole ....Pianist in 'El Rancho' (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Gene Coogan ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Sally Corner ....Woman at Boat Deck (uncredited)
Gino Corrado ....Gino (uncredited)
Herbert Corthell ....City Editor (uncredited)
Irene Crosby ....Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Cross ....Man at Opera (uncredited)
Thomas A. Curran ....Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
Louise Currie ....Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jack Curtis ....Boss Printer (uncredited)
Ed Dahlen ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Ernie Daniels ....Hireling - Chicago Inquirer (uncredited)
Coy Danz ....Nurse on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Margaret Davis ....Dancer (uncredited)
Tim Davis ....Copy Boy (uncredited)
Donna Dax ....House Maid (uncredited)
Marie Day ....Insert Bit (uncredited)
Petra R. de Silva ....Newswoman (uncredited)
Gayle DeCamp ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Frances Deets ....Dancer (uncredited)
Carl Deloro ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
George DeNormand ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ....Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
John Dilson ....Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Robert Dudley ....Photographer (uncredited)
Lou Duello ....Man at Opera (uncredited)
Suzanne Dulier ....French Maid (uncredited)
Art Dupuis ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Pauline Easterday ....Dancer (uncredited)
Al Eben ....Solly (uncredited)
Johnny Eckert ....Driver of Car (uncredited)
Jack Egan ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg ....Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Dick Elmore ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Edith Evanson ....Leland's Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner ....Hermann Goring (uncredited)
Juanita Fields ....Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Floyd ....Hireling - Chicago Inquirer (uncredited)
Ray Flynn ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Monty Ford ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Jean Forward ....Opera Singer (uncredited)
Olin Francis ....Expressman (uncredited)
Louise Franklin ....Susan's Maid (uncredited)
Al Frazier ....Gorilla Man (uncredited)
Guy Gada ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Gloria Gale ....Dancer (uncredited)
Captain Garcia ....General in 'News on the March' (uncredited)
Jack Gargan ....Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Bud Geary ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Rudolph Germaine ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Bob Gladman ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Renee Godfrey ....Nurse (uncredited)
Jerry Gordon ....Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Gowland ....Guest (uncredited)
Jimmy Grant ....Man at Party in Everglades (uncredited)
Jesse Graves ....Joseph (uncredited)
Ernest Grooney ....Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Jack Gwynne ....Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Bobby Haines ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Frank Haney ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Harry Harris ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Sam Harris ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Lew Harvey ....Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Henry Hebert ....Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Edward L. Hemmer ....Bit Part (uncredited)
Cliff Herd ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower ....Fish Driver (uncredited)
Harlan Hoagland ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
John Huettner ....Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham ....Politician (uncredited)
Jack Itay ....Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Jack Jahries ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
Walter James ....Ward Heeler (uncredited)
George W. Jimenez ....Waiter at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Clayton Jones ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones ....Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Jones ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Alexander Julian ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Bill Kane ....Man on Hospital Roof (uncredited)
Arthur Kay ....Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Ivy Keene ....Driver of Car / Woman in Loggia Scene (uncredited)
E. Kerry ....Person in Front of 'Chronicle' Building (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee ....Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Laura Knight ....Dancer (uncredited)
艾伦·拉德 Alan Ladd ....Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
Mike Lally ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Carmen Laroux ....Maid in Corridor in Xanadu (uncredited)
Perc Launders ....Man in Projection Room (uncredited)
Walter Lawrence ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Bob Lawson ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
David Ledner ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
Adam Linke ....Druggist (uncredited)
J.D. Lockhart ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Mary Lorraine ....Dancer (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe ....Miss Townsend (uncredited)
Ludwig Lowry ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Buck Mack ....Reporter at Boat Deck (uncredited)
James T. Mack ....Prompter (uncredited)
Evelyn Mackert ....Woman at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean ....Man on Roof (uncredited)
赫尔曼·J·曼凯维奇 Herman J. Mankiewicz ....Newspaperman (uncredited)
Jack Manolas ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Joe Manz ....Jennings (uncredited)
Loretta Marsh ....Dancer (uncredited)
Mickey Martin ....Newsboy (uncredited)
Clyde McAtee ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Major McBride ....Shadowgraph Man (uncredited)
Frank McClure ....Minor Role (uncredited)
Lee McCluskey ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
John McCormack ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Charles Meakin ....Civic Leader (uncredited)
Hercules Mendez ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Jim Merritt ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger ....Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
E.G. Miller ....Neville Chamberlain / Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Irving Mitchell ....Dr. Corey (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse ....Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Philip Morris ....Politician (uncredited)
Jack Morton ....Butler (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux ....Reporter (uncredited)
Frances E. Neal ....Ethel (uncredited)
Lillian Nicholson ....Woman at Opera (uncredited)
Leda Nicova ....Dancer (uncredited)
George Noisom ....Copy Boy (uncredited)
Joseph North ....Male Secretary (uncredited)
John Northpole ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Field Norton ....Opera Spectator (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ....Male Secretary (uncredited)
阿瑟·奥康纳 Arthur O'Connell ....Reporter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ....Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Lillian O'Malley ....Person in Front of 'Chronicle' Building (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr. ....Civic Leader (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce ....Copy Boy Delivering Message in Chicago Hotel Room (uncredited)
Thomas Pogue ....Man (uncredited)
Russ Powell ....Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
J.R. Ralston ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Terrance Ray ....Man at Boat Dock / Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Jack Raymond ....Stagehand (uncredited)
William Reed ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Guy Repp ....Reporter (uncredited)
Jolane Reynolds ....Dancer (uncredited)
Sam Rice ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Verne Richards ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway ....Dancer (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Myrtle Rishell ....Big Governess (uncredited)
Jack Robbins ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Don Roberts ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
George Rogers ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Victor Romito ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
本尼·鲁宾 Benny Rubin ....Smather (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin ....Hireling (uncredited)
Edward Ryan ....Man in Inquirer City Room (uncredited)
Jack Ryan ....Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Robert Samven ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Walter Sande ....Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Jack Santoro ....Man at Xanadu Great Hall (uncredited)
Francis Sayles ....Politician (uncredited)
Dick Scott ....Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Ruth Seeley ....Dancer (uncredited)
George Sherwood ....Hireling (uncredited)
Brent Shugar ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Bruce Sidney ....Newsman (uncredited)
Guy Smith ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Roy Smith ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Vince Speaker ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
George Sperry ....City Room Employee (uncredited)
Sam Steele ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Ralph Stein ....Hireling, Chicago Inquirer (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ....Man at Madison Square Garden (uncredited)
Landers Stevens ....Senate Investigator (uncredited)
Dimas Sutteno ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Jack Taylor ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Norman Taylor ....Man in Senate Investigating Committee (uncredited)
Bob Terry ....Extra in Newsreel (uncredited)
Karl Thomas ....Jetsam (uncredited)
Robert B. Tobin ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
格雷格·托兰德 Gregg Toland ....Interviewer in 1935 Newsreel (uncredited)
Kathryn Trosper ....Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Fred Trowbridge ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Glen Turnbull ....Flotsam (uncredited)
Gohr Van Vleck ....Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar ....Portuguese Laborer (uncredited)
Tim Wallace ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
Ken Weaver ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Charles West ....Stage Manager (uncredited)
Larry Wheat ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Patrick Whitney ....Reporter (uncredited)
Jan Wiley ....Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Bill Wilkens ....Man on Roof (uncredited)
Larry Williams ....Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
Tudor Williams ....Chorus Master (uncredited)
Richard Wilson ....Reporter (uncredited)
Vivian Wilson ....Dancer (uncredited)
Roland Winters ....Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
Vera Winters ....Woman in Projection Room (uncredited)
Arthur Yeoman ....Speaker (uncredited)
Louis Young ....Newsreel Extra (uncredited)
【文件格式】X264 + DTS
【文件大小】7.9 GB
【视频尺寸】1488 x 1080
【影片长度】119 Mins
【对白语言】英语
【字幕语言】英文/法文/西班牙文/葡萄牙文/捷克文/波兰文/匈牙利文/罗马尼亚文/希腊文
【内容简介】
黎明时分,犹如帝宫般威严的桑那都庄园的剪影,屹立在佛罗里达州海滨一座山顶上。
摄影机的镜头缓缓推近庄园的大铁门,铁门顶端镶嵌着硕大的字母“K”。镜头空过铁门推近宫堡式的建筑,又越过窗户,逼近卧榻上的一垂危的白发老人。只见他嘴唇翕动,喃喃地吐出“玫瑰花蕾”几个字;他手上握着一个水晶球镇纸,球心带有雪花纷扬中的农舍景物— —蓦地,手松了,水晶球滚落于地,砰然碎裂。
被人称作“美国忽必烈”的报业巨子查尔斯·福斯特·凯恩,在76岁时孤寂地死去。
一部新闻纪录片画面,展示了凯恩传奇的生平,一帧黑框的凯恩的照片,占满整个银幕。各种报纸头版通栏报导了这位权势人物的死讯。解说词称:“凯恩的帝国在其昌盛时期,曾经控制着37家报纸,13家杂志和一个无线电广播网。它是帝国中的帝国。”新闻镜状追溯了凯恩发迹致富的缘起,其后创办《问事报》,涉足政界,成为风云人物。他曾两度结婚两度离婚,一次是与总统的侄女爱米丽成婚,青云直上;一次是与“女歌星”苏珊成婚,轰动一时。恰恰是他与苏珊桃色丑闻被揭露,导致他在竞选州长的政治生涯中一败涂地,从此一蹶不振。在经济大萧条之后,“凯恩帝国”迅速走向衰落。到晚年,凯恩在桑那都庄园,深居简出,孑然一身,直到病逝。
一家杂志的主笔若斯东,对这部仓促剪辑、止于皮相的新闻片并不满意,便委托青年记者汤姆逊对凯恩生平作深入调查,并要他卉清凯恩临终遗言“玫瑰花蕾”的真实含义,以揭示这个“美国忽必烈”作为人的真实形象。
汤姆逊访问的第一个对象,是凯恩的第二任妻子人珊,她现在是亚特兰大城一家低级酒吧的歌女,年近50仍浓妆艳抹,但断然拒绝接受采访,一声“滚出去”的逐客令,或许正隐藏着这位当年红伶的人生痛楚。
在费城的赛切尔纪念图书馆,汤姆逊获准进入档案室,查阅了已故银行家赛切尔未经披露的回忆录手搞。1870年大雪纷飞的冬天,小凯恩的母亲经营着一座家庭式膳宿公寓,早几年有个房客拖欠房租,便用一张废矿井的产权契约作抵押,不料这个废矿井后来被确认竟是富矿,凯恩一家顿时发迹。当凯恩母亲将他连同财产托付给赛切尔,要送他去大都市受教育。小凯恩对于要他成人后做什么“美国最阔的人”毫不理解,不肯离开妈妈和这个乡野小镇,就用雪橇猛撞赛切尔。但他最终还是被带走了,雪地上留下那副孩子玩耍的雪橇。凯恩成年获得财产权后,便自作主张买下第一家报社,出版《问事报》。他公然与赛切尔作对,兴之所至时还大谈维护社会正义,假惺惺地要保护穷人不受大公司剥削(他拥有这家公司的巨额股标)。赛切尔手稿上写着这样的结语:凯恩只不过是一个走运的流氓,被惯坏了的、没有责任感的无耻之徒。
在纽约《问事报》的摩天大楼里,汤姆逊会见了当年同凯恩合作办报的总经理伯恩斯坦。这位老人回忆起1890年凯恩第一天接管报社的情景,凯恩年轻气盛,不可一世。他主张制造轰动新闻而不问事实真相确否,以此与《纪实报》争夺读者。但凯恩在向公众发表的“原则宣言”里则义正辞严写道:“我要向本市居民提供一份日报,它要忠实地报导新闻……不允许有任何特殊的利益来干预这些新闻的真实性。”凯恩信奉实用主义,革故鼎新,从办报而投身政治,还把对手《纪实报》的全班人马拉进了自己的报社,甚至制造舆论鼓动美国卷入1897年的美西战争。他还怀着政治野心,实现了与总统侄女爱米丽的婚姻。至于问到“玫瑰花蕾”,作何解释伯恩斯坦则无法破解,只说,那或许是一个他爱过的姑娘,或许是“他失去什么东西”。最后,伯恩斯坦建议汤姆逊去找凯恩的大学好友、后来当上戏剧专栏员的里兰,并说此人对凯恩的私生活占有一手材料。
在一家医院里,汤姆逊找到了坐在轮椅里的里兰。穷途潦倒的里兰对他说,凯恩是靠权力来生活的,他是个蹩脚的办报人,“他使自己的读者得到消遣,但从来没有跟他们讲过实话”。他与总统侄女爱米丽纯属政治属政治联姻,其破裂是必然的;后来,他与歌女苏珊邂逅,一见钟情,干出“金屋藏娇”的风流韵事。当凯恩投身政治、况选州长之际,其政敌盖蒂斯便以“凯恩在爱巢中和‘歌女’双双被捉”的丑闻将他击败。凯恩为苏珊修建了歌剧院,但天分有限的苏珊首场演出便告失败。里兰撰文如实批评,说苏珊不过是“一位漂亮的,然而是力不从心的票友”。这篇批评文章,里因酒未能卒篇,由凯恩代笔完成。文章见报,里兰旋即被凯恩解雇,他们的友谊也就破裂了,凯恩在政治与爱情两方面均遭挫折,自此,便隐居于桑那都如帝宫的庄园。
一句话评论
奥逊·威尔斯和他的处女作《公民凯恩》是现代电影的奠基石。 ——法国著名电影理论家 安德列·巴赞
《公民凯恩》不仅是部伟大的电影,它是有声电影出现初期的集大成者——犹如《一个国家的诞生》是默片时代的颠峰,《2001》漫游太空》建立了一种指向未来的叙述——这些高峰屹立于其他所有的影片之上。 ——芝加哥太阳时报
好莱坞的财政家们(或许还包括世界各地的电影观众)在接受纯粹的诗、传说、寓言和神话时,在这里我指的是电影《公民凯恩》时,或许他们会颇感困难。 ——法国著名导演 弗朗索瓦·特吕弗
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拍摄于1941年的《公民凯恩》是美国电影史上的一部重要实验影片，被誉为"现代电影的纪念碑"，在几乎所有的电影排行榜上都是风光无限，被视做"电影史上十大影片"当之无愧的冠军和头号经典。这部纯粹的"电影的诗"处在战前电影伟大传统的结束和四五十年代电影的开端之间，是一部对生活高度凝炼、对人性和社会的深刻理解以及对心理世界的理性体验的影片，掘弃了当时通行的电影美学原则(构思新颖的仰角镜头和简约而富于表现力的纵深镜头, 独特而又自然流畅的场面调度和移动拍摄, 以及音响、对白、用光的革新运用和独具匠心的配乐)，改变了好莱坞过去传统的影片拍摄模式，其中某些方面更被后人模仿到泛滥，在艺术上所表现出的力量、勇敢、粗犷、冲击、娱乐性及个人体验均达到了那一时代的巅峰。
《公民凯恩》是奥逊·威尔斯以纽约报业大亨威廉·朗道尔夫·赫斯特(1863-1951)为原型，加上自己童年时寄居他人时的经历及感受塑造出了查尔斯·福斯特·凯恩的形象。该电影剧本的合作编剧赫尔曼·曼凯维支本人就认识赫斯特，并且是其情妇、电影明星玛利昂·戴维斯的朋友。影片是保密拍摄的，但由于赫斯特认为这部影片是影射攻击自己，因此提出抗议，并企图以80万美元买下影片禁止其上映。威尔斯听到此消息大为震惊，他只有一个挽救方法，就是拼命在小范围里放映影片，把口碑传出去。果然，部分同行的高度评价使得雷电华顶住了压力，否则这部作品将永远保存在少数人的记忆里。此片一直到二次世界大战才后重新发行，先从欧洲受到重视，转而在美国本土的电视上放映。
实际上该片讲述故事的方式远比其所讲的故事有价值。影片由六段有着内在逻辑的闪回组成，这几段倒叙并非一块拼图的组成部分，而是由外向内层层剥开的洋葱。影片将镜头首次切入到人性的层面，对人性进行了深入的探讨。此片完全可以被看做是美国个人奋斗理念的寓言故事。
该片共获得包括最佳影片、导演、主演、摄影、录音及音乐等九项提名奥斯卡提名，但由于当时的历史背景与影片涉及的现实人物，最终只获得最佳原创剧本一项金像奖。
演员
《公民凯恩》中的每一个角色似乎都是为演员度身定做的--不仅主角，就连管家雷蒙、政客盖蒂、童年凯恩等都有着鲜明的特色。此片的演员多数来自威尔斯的以广播剧和舞台剧见长的水晶剧团，几乎没有电影表演的经验，但除了极少数的特写镜头，所有演员的表演都非常自然，奥逊o威尔斯本人扮演的凯恩一角迄今仍是电影表演的范例。但演员出神入化的表演却无法引起普通观众的一片叫好声，原因是片中没有可让演员"炫耀"演技的场面，但如果观众将剧本和电影进行对比时就会发现演员实在功不可没。
摄影
这部划时代影片取得的成就还表现在电影的拍摄技术上，该片首次采用了大景深镜头(即深焦距镜头)，大量低角度的仰拍镜头及强度对比的黑白光影运用等。《公民凯恩》的构图基本是古典的三角形，但常在镜头的变化和停留中有一种近乎天然的张弛节奏。此外，还运用了堪称完美的蒙太奇镜头压缩时间，扩大影片容量，使其简洁地反映主人公一生的重大事件。如表现凯恩与第一个妻子离异的过程，从结婚到离婚共八年时间，影片却只用了六个镜头就表现出来了。
为影片担当摄影的是格莱格o托兰德。托兰德加入剧组时已是好莱坞卓有成就的摄影师，但拍摄的难度还是超出了他的预料。我们现在都知道，那些超低角度的镜头都是威尔斯的主意。当摄影师表示机器已经摆到地面上、不可能再低时，威尔斯便将地板砍了，把摄影机"埋"入地下。
音响蒙太奇
《公民凯恩》的曲作者伯纳德o赫尔曼(1911-1975)也是水晶剧团的成员。这位具传奇色彩的作曲家一生配乐54部, 在其搭档奥森o威尔斯极富个人特色的作品《公民凯恩》中，赫尔曼显示出对于复杂音响和音乐的处理能力，谱写了和镜头相得益彰的蒙太奇音乐，通过音响来转换场景。他的配乐犹如剧情的忠实仆人，并在其中一些段落显示出卓越才华：他为苏珊登台写了一段酷似马斯奈歌剧的法国咏叹调，为报社庆典写了一段地道的百老汇曲子，并获得奥斯卡最佳原作音乐的提名。这位电影配乐大师后来在希区柯克那里大放异彩，其中包括1960年的经典片《精神病患者》。
非线性多元叙事
在电影的叙事手法上，《公民凯恩》打破了以往电影顺序的线性叙事的手法，采用了非线性的多元叙事结构，运用倒叙和插叙的叙事技巧，多角度、多单元地去表现人物，使人物更为立体鲜活。这种全新的叙事手法虽在今天已司空见惯，但在当时却是史无前例的，从而成为现代电影和传统电影的分界线。
非线性叙事技巧并非威尔斯首创，之前有几部好莱坞电影已尝试过，但威尔斯将这种"叠床架屋"的形式发挥到极致，每一段的时间跳跃和重叠都很大，很多视觉、对白及主题在不同段落中遥相呼应。威尔斯更将玫瑰花蕾叫做"骗人的玩意儿"，玫瑰花蕾的动机只不过是一个情节的嚎头，而通过对这一噱头的探索使叙事成型，将整个故事的蔓生枝节紧密地联系在一起，同时提供了一个戏剧性的问题抓住观众，这也就使得该片带有侦探类型片的模式。
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