Citizen Kane

And the Oscar goes to: “Citizen Kane” won a single Oscar, for original screenplay.

“Whereas most other producers in the indie space are looking for stuff that’s very squarely genre, or kind of like the elevator pitch makes a ton of sense from a commercial standpoint ... this just felt like ‘Citizen Kane.’

You’re dead certain that at some point, someone must have come up with the elevator pitch that this is “Citizen Kane” from the perspective of Xanadu’s interior designer.

Ben Mankiewicz, the host of Turner Classic Movies and the grandson of “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, narrates the documentary, which features archival images and video clips.

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of all time.