Laura Mulvey
Citizen Kane (BFI Film Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781844574971
- author:
- Laura Mulvey
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- British Film Institute
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 14
- Dimensions:
- 13.5 x 0.8 x 19 cm
- Genre:
- History, Cultural History, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Citizen Kane by Laura Mulvey offers a fresh and original reading of Orson Welles's iconic film. Mulvey explores the richness of the movie, both thematically and stylistically, in relation to Welles's political background and its historical context.
She also delves into the psychoanalytic structure that underlies the film's presentation of Kane's biography, examining the ways in which this relates to the contemporary themes of a scandal-prone press baron in times of economic crisis.
This special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, features Mulvey's insightful foreword, highlighting the film's politics and its enduring relevance.
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