CitizenKane

This movie is best summarized as a film with great actors making a terrible movie under the direction of an old, alzheimeristic wannabe that has lost his intelligence. Clint Eastwood has finally lost it. This movie is like three different stories spliced with cheesy, unrealistic, empty dreams. I want those two hours of my life back!!!

I have seen American Beauty, and I was quite impressed, however, after seeing The Insider, I was very upset to now feel the pain that this movie did not take home the Oscar. Not just Best Picture, but best Actor, Russel Crowe, whose character study of Jeffery Wigand (especially when compared to the type-cast role given to Kevin Spacey for American Beauty) was flawless. It is a crime this movie was not recognized. Among the excellent dialog, acting and music, is the cinematography, a wonder to behold. The limited depth of field, blurring and floating camera add to the chaos, the fear and the characters' emotion in such a way that has not been seen for decades. I truly believe this is the greatest movie to come out of the 1990's, and will hopefully be a classic of an older generation.

Orson Welles' genius completed this masterpiece at a mere 26 years of age, battling the tyrant William Randolph Hearst to release the finest film he has ever and that has ever been made. Not only does the story line, the acting (carried with uncanny force by Welles,) the dialog, the photography, the lighting and the music amaze me with awe, but the fact that it broke the barrier in film in 1941 to become "art" by a young genius who had no experience in film. It is the greatest accomplishment ever achieved in film, and should remain immortal in the film world.