did best was recognize what he didn t know. early on at 25 so he hires herman mankowitz my grabbed father to write the screenplay. he hires robert weiss to edit the film not to mention bernard herman s brilliant music and the sinning tography changed the way we make movies. merry christmas. merry christmas. and a happy new year. it felt like something new. the transitions the flash back construction, repetition of certain scenes from different points of view and not to be ignored is the fact that or is gives an extraodinarily brilliant performance. i made no campaign promises. because until a few weeks ago, i had no hope of being elected. the technique that kaels sticks out to me on krids cane is basically depth of focus. you re fired. the close-ups are as sharp as the deep background. you see not just the story that
his lawyer and through the recollections of those people we learn about charles foster kane s life. maybe the thing that welles did best was recognize what he didn t know early on at 25. sew hires herman mankiewicz, my grandfather, to write the screenplay. he hires robert wise to edit the film. not to mention bernard hermann s brilliant music. and of course greg tollan s cinematography was a breakthrough and changed the way we make movies. merry christmas. merry christmas. and a happy new year. it felt like something new. the transitions, the flashback construction, repetition of certain scenes from different points of view and not to be ignored is the fact that orson gives an extraordinarily brilliant performance. i made no campaign promises. because until a few weeks ago, i had no hope of being elected. the technique that always sticks out to me on citizen kane is basically depth of focus. you re fired.
are mean and petty and contemptible. some directors are short [ laughter ] and some are tall. some are old and some are young. there are directors who know everything about human behavior and nothing about the camera. [ laughter ] there are directors who know camera angles, camera lenses, camera sprockets and depth of focus but who are totally ignorant of the human condition. [ laughter ] we have all of these directors with us tonight. [ laughter ] [ applause ] the director is the captain of the ship. the director is a dictator. i prefer it if they re competent. that s always nice. there s the actor/director like making love to sybil. good for me. not for me. okay. there is the writer/director. if he goes on strike, who stays?
and some are tall. some are old and some are young. there are directors who know everything about human behavior and nothing about the camera. [ laughter ] there are directors who know camera angles, camera lenses, camera sprockets and depth of focus but who are totally ignorant of the human condition. [ laughter ] we have all of these directors with us tonight. [ laughter ] [ applause ] the director is the captain of the ship. the director is a dictator. i prefer it if they re competent. that s always nice. there s the actor/director like making love to sybil. good for me. not for me. okay. there is the writer/director. if he goes on strike, who stays? i don t know. if he fires him, does he have to file a grievance?
[ laughter ] and some are tall. some are old and some are young. there are directors who know everything about human behavior and nothing about the camera. [ laughter ] there are directors who know camera angles, camera lenses, camera sprockets and depth of focus but who are totally ignorant of the human condition. [ laughter ] we have all of these directors with us tonight. [ laughter ] [ applause ] the director is the captain of the ship. the director is a dictator. i prefer it if they re competent. that s always nice. there is the writer/director. if he goes on strike, who stays? i don t know. if he fires him, does he have to