Citizen Kane

I also read Chapter One, like Melissa. I think that her last line is specifically interesting, as this is what i was thinking throughout the reading. When if first started it, I was confused as to why I was reading it. I actually went back to double check that I was doing the correct reading since there was no mention of Citizen Kane until the end. It is pretty shocking that Kane came out of an urgent need to make some quick money in order to fund a different project. It seems almost impossible that one of American Film History's most famous films was born in such haste.
I also thought that the description of Welles new technique for filming Heart of Darkness. I have personally never seen the film, but I think that the continuous first person shot would get annoying. When reading I was thinking of some of the filming in Blair Witch project, where it is almost entirely done through a first person shot. I think that for character development, it is important for the audience to at least sometimes see the character from a third person perspective. Through that perspective, the viewer can understand their mannerisms and behaviors. I am curious to see the film and if the entire thing was actually filmed this way.