What the fuck did I just watch?

i'll tell you when you're older, son

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>"Rosebud."

What did he mean by this?

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>>70352323
>"Well–it’s become a very clear picture. He was the most honest man who ever lived, with a streak of crookedness a yard wide. He was a liberal and a reactionary… He was a loving husband.. and both his wives left him… He had a gift for friendship such as few men have–and he broke his oldest friend’s heart like you’d throw away a cigarette you were through with. Outside of that.."

>Female reporter: "If you could've found out what Rosebud meant, I bet that would've explained everything."

>"No, I don't think so; no. Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. Anyway, it wouldn't have explained anything... I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a... piece in a jigsaw puzzle... a missing piece."

What did he mean by this?

>>70352262
pure kino

the purest kino that only children and plebeians attempt to insult here

>>70352323
ode to mike adriano

>>70352262
a technical masterpiece but overrated on the writing side

>>70352323
>most famous spoiler after Vader being Luke's dad
>and maybe Soylent Green and Planet of the Apes
>using that shitty meme now
Way to go, shitlord.

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>>70352964
underrated post

>>70353073
I think it's sort of the opposite. The movie is unremarkable from a technical basis, it didn't invent or innovate anything, but it used techniques people had used for decades in order to tell the story better than anyone else in film history.

>>70353152
Oh come on, you could see that shit miles away. The meaning is the interesting part

>>70353302
>>70353152
Yeah, the spoiler isn't the point of the movie.

The point of the movie is "one word can't explain a man's life." That's why is begins and ends with a "no trespassing" sign- you can't understand Kane or anyone else. Everyone has their interpretation of him, from Leland to Susan to Bernstein.

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>>70352262
>>70352323
>>70352434

The Simpson's adaptation of it is one of their best episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BF3jt0juKw