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.