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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Citizen Kane.

Yes it is circle jerked hard by film lovers... For good reason.

This is what I might consider the first movie shot in what would be recognized as a modern movie format.

It is told non sequentially, the composition of shots is absolutely incredible.

It's a movie shot in 1941 that looks nothing like the other movies of the time. Literally decades ahead of its time. It looks like it could have been shot a few months ago as a period piece.

There's good reason for it being one of the most acclaimed movies of all time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

It's hard to overstate how important the film is to cinema. It pretty much established what the modern movie is.

That said, based strictly off of entertainment value. IMO it is just absolutely terrible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

That's interesting. I'm not a film guy at all, and it certainly never occurred to me that it pioneered some of the key stuff in modern movies (although that totally makes sense). But I remember enjoying it! The pacing felt quite good, there were some mysteries and character drama. Not a top movie for me personally, but pretty watchable for a B&W movie.