Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
BURBANK, Calif., November 3, 2016 – To mark the 75th anniversary of
Orson Welles’ cinematic masterpiece “Citizen
Kane,â€Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
(WBHE) will release a new Blu-rayâ„¢ and DVD on November 15, and the American
Film Institute (AFI) will mount a special screening of the restored master at
AFI FEST presented by Audi, the Institute's annual film festival in Hollywood,
on November 13. The
screening will take place at the Egyptian Theatre at 1:30 p.m., followed by an
AFI Master Class, featuring close personal Welles friend Peter Bogdanovich and
a celebrity and academic panel to be announced.
By
the early 1960s “Citizen Kane†had been out of
circulation for many years when a panel of top industry tastemakers, selected
by the AFI, voted it as the Greatest Film of All Time. Since then, “Citizen
Kane†has remained # 1 or # 2 on countless critics’ lists and
other surveys including those from Roger Ebert, The BBC, Rolling Stone
Magazine, Pauline Kael, among many others.
One-time dean of American movie reviewers,
Pauline Kael, noted, “Citizen Kane is perhaps the one
American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may
seem even fresher.†Ebert echoed, “This towering achievement is as fresh, as
provoking, as entertaining, as sad, as brilliant as it ever was. Many agree it
is the greatest film of all time.â€
According to Martin Scorsese, Welles and the
film are “responsible for inspiring more people to be film directors than
anyone else in the history of cinema.†Woody Allen: “Welles takes a
quantum leap above every American director with that intangible thing called
genius. Just an exhilarating movie.†Mel Brooks: “Maybe the best American
picture ever. A masterpiece with artistic genius on a ‘Beethoven’ level.â€
Richard Dreyfuss: “I usually avoid questions about my favorite movie but then
people keep pressing me. ‘OK, ‘Citizen Kane’ is my favorite movie. It’s the
greatest movie ever made, OK?’ Without a doubt the only film you can watch 138
times, and each time you’ll still see something new.†And finally, Steven
Spielberg: “Just one of the great movies ever made. A great American experience
in cinema.â€
Citizen Kane†also heads a long list of film dramas about the media
including such classics as “All The President’s Men,†“Sweet Smell of Success,â€
“The Killing Fields,†“Absence of Malice,†“The Paper,†and last year’s Academy
Award®-winning Best Picture, “Spotlight.â€
Remastered and restored from original nitrate
elements in 4K resolution, the film (certified 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)
will be available on DVD ($14.97) and Blu-ray ($19.98). A wide variety of DVD
and Blu-ray extras will be included in all editions.
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