The story line was very interesting and realistic, telling the story of a man who was born to a poor family but raised by a wealthy businessman. The story was told in a non-linear fashion as the scenes jumped between the present, which was after Kane had passed away, and the memory that was being retold by the interviewed people. Up until this point, the majority of films were just of one point in time.
Despite the fantastic new approach that was taken with the film, the cuts of the scenes themselves were slow which made the actual film boring. The film utilized fades to show the passage of time between scenes. At this early stage, filmmakers were still experimenting of what they could do with this kind of storytelling. As film making progressed, editors realized that the need for such transitions were unnecessary.
Ultimately, as much as Citizen Kane was an uninteresting film by today's standards of cinema, it was pivotal for making the film industry what it is today.
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