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Title: Incredible, yes. Universal, no.
Review: Approaching Welles' work from a literary perspective, _Citizen Kane_ is most stunning not so much for its actual script as for the utter uniqueness of its genre. Welles' great genius lay, I believe, not so much in crafting a subtle a striking exposition of human ignorance so much as in doing so entirely outside the bounds of conventional storytelling.In this way, I think Welles truly was Coleridge's twentieth-century successor. His originality cannot be understated.And for that reason, _Citizen Kane_ is not nearly as accessible as most other movies. By artistically (and I think successfully) refusing the restrictions of commonality, Welles dangerously risked alienating viewers. I find the opinion that _Citizen Kane_ is virtually inscruptable to be perfectly fair, and would go so far as to say that I don't think anyone can know it entirely.Like a good book, _Citizen Kane_ has as many meanings as it has viewers.
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