Citizen Kane

I like Laura Mulvey's approach to analyzing Citizen Kane a lot. She addresses quite a lot of topics concerning the film, such as production history or different analytical approaches. This shows not only how much material and information you can gain from this outstanding film, but also how you can make meaning of a film by looking at it from different perspectives. I, for example, was never really interested in production history, but especially with films such as Citizen Kane or even The Big Sleep, it gives an explanation to how decisions made beyond the camera influence the actual work. With Citizen Kane, the question of authorship and the fact that Orson Welles was given this extraordinary creative freedom was intriguing, because it certainly attributes to the myths about the films and it's reputation as one of the best films ever made.