Orson Welles' famous debut feature, Citizen Kane (1941), is infamous for its veiled portrait of William Randolph Hearst, and reflected the entire era of yellow journalism. Hearst banned all mention of the film in his newspapers, and it suffered financially because of it. In this scene, Hearst's treatment of the Spanish-American War is parodied, with a warped reiteration if his famous telegraph to artist Frederic Remington. It is a faithful depiction of how many historians have traditionally thought Hearst approached the war.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Parody in "Citizen Kane" (1941)
Orson Welles' famous debut feature, Citizen Kane (1941), is infamous for its veiled portrait of William Randolph Hearst, and reflected the entire era of yellow journalism. Hearst banned all mention of the film in his newspapers, and it suffered financially because of it. In this scene, Hearst's treatment of the Spanish-American War is parodied, with a warped reiteration if his famous telegraph to artist Frederic Remington. It is a faithful depiction of how many historians have traditionally thought Hearst approached the war.
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