همشهری کین

by Orson Welles, پرویز تاییدی (Translator)

این کتاب، فیلمنامه ی اثری از اورسون ولز به همین نام می باشد که در سال ۱۹۴۱ اکران شد و از آن هنگام در بسیاری از نظرسنجی های منتقدین، بارها به عنوان برترین فیلم تاریخ سینمای جهان انتخاب شده است.
درونمایه ی این فیلمنامه، درباره ی آن است که چگونه مادیات، ارزش های انسانی را تحت الشعاع خود قرار می دهد و سایه ی وحشتناک غول تنهایی که خودپسندترین و متکبرترین فرد را به زیر خود می کشد.

Genres: Film, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Modern Classics, American

132 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

George Orson Welles, best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality,

Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes.

Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur."

After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety.

Citizen Kane (1941), his first film with RKO, in which he starred in the role of Charles Foster Kane, is often considered the greatest film ever made. Several of his other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1965), and F for Fake (1974), are also widely considered to be masterpieces.

In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.

Reviews

[Luís · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leland: These men who were with the Chronicle. Weren't they just as devoted to the Chronicle politics as they are now to our policies?
Bernstein: Sure, they're just like anybody else. They got work to do; they do it! Only they happen to be the best men in the business!
Leland: Do we stand for the same things the Chronicle stands for, Bernstein?
Bernstein: Certainly not. Listen, Mr Kane, he'll have them changed to his kind of newspaper journalists in a week!
Leland: There's always a chance, of course, that they'll change Mr Kane without his knowing it.

[Manny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trivia question: how many times has Snoopy (as Joe Cool) seen Citizen Kane?

[Bettie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-visit 2016 via BBC Four: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...

Description: A landmark in the history of cinema, telling the story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in a series of flashbacks. Starring Orson Welles

Whilst listening to Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane earlier this week I had the burning desire to re-visit Citizen Kane and would you believe it, the scheduler over on BBC Four must have pre-empted my inner cravings.

[Shiva Mr · Rating 4 out of 5]

فیلنامه همشهری کین ساختاری غیر خطی داره و با فلش بک های مختلف، داستان زندگی چارلز فاستر کین رو روایت میکنه.
همشهری کین داستان زندگی مردی رو بازگو میکنه که ثروت و شهرت رو به دست میاره ولی از ارزشهای انسانی فاصله می گیره و در نهایت دچار تنهایی میشه.
به خاطره علاقه زیادی که به فیلم های کلاسیک دارم، فیلم همشهری کین رو به کارگردانی و بازی اورسن ولز سال ها پیش دیده بودم.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

From IMDb:
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

An unforgettable movie directed by the magnificent Orson Welles and it's available at YouTube.

[Nahid Anvari · Rating 5 out of 5]

فیلمنامه با تابلوی “ورود ممنوع” بر در ورودی قصر ناتمام آقای کین شروع می‌شود و با همان به پایان می‌رسد. «قصر زانادو در عقب تصویر آشکارتر می‌شود، در حالی که در جلوی تصویر قفسی نمایان است که درون آن چند میمون این طرف و آن طرف می‌پرند.» «و این بزرگ‌ترین باغ وحشی است که پس از طوفان نوح پدید آمده است.» بهترین دوست کین می‌گوید:«کسی نمی‌توانست به راز درونش پی ببرد و اشخاص را با انعام راضی نگه می‌داشت.» همین شخص یعنی لیلاند یک بار به کین گفته بود که اگر کارگران واقعأ با تهییج تو شورش کنند، نتیجه چیزی نخواهد بود که فکر می‌کنی. «آن وقت است که باید به یک جزیره‌ی متروک بروی و بر میمون‌ها حکمروایی کنی.» از سه نفری که زمانی بر دنیای مطبوعات سلطنت می‌کردند، یکی در جستجوی رویای کودکی است، دومی اجازه‌ی سیگار کشیدنش هم دست دیگران است و سومی افتخار می‌کند که چون رئیس هئیت‌مدیره است، هر چه بخواهد وقت دارد. بالاخره این که…لیلاند می‌گوید«من تصور می‌کنم عظمت او در درونش پنهان شده بود و او هم نمی‌گذاشت کسی از آن با خبر شود.»

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Citizen Kane written by Herman Mankiewicz, Orson Welles and directed by the latter http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/c... for many critics, the greatest film of all time

10 out of 10





William Randolph Hearst is the model for Citizen Kane, a media tycoon that has tried to bury what would become one of the greatest movies of all time – a good number of critics have declared it is The Best- and one that could be taken out form wherever he is (nothingness for atheists, or hell, for the true believers) and placed near Murdoch, to try and compare who has been more abominable, and inflicted more damage…



Murdoch http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/8... is responsible for a lot of pain, but as it is clear for those who have read from my notes – as I put this down, with modesty I realize that they must be few, for whoever has tried this before knows better than to return, and you are anyway a very small elite, the crème de la crème of those who buy into gallows humor- I see the billionaire as mostly responsible for the rise of Trump, who could return to finish his oeuvre next year

Citizen Kane was acclaimed for the novelty, the extraordinary technique that was used in making the motion picture, in documentaries made about the film, we can see how Orson Welles and his fantastic team would carve into the floor, so that they could place the camera at an angle that would give the audiences a unique perspective…and this is not the only innovation, indeed, the film works as model for the generations that followed…



Orson Welles has been a glorious film maker, actor and story teller, you would find some fabulous stories, if you look on YouTube for his interviews, appearances on talk shows, were he tells among others, this tale: he was in Switzerland or was it The Cote D’Azur, when he met with Winston Churchill, after the latter had become such a magnificent, prominent figure, one of the most majestic men of history in fact, due to his contribution to defeating the Nazis, and the two had met each other before

Sir Winston Churchill acknowledged the film maker, and Orson Welles is grateful after that, telling the former Prime Minister that he is trying to get financing and he is happy that the man who was with him could witness the acquaintance, and following this confession, the next time they met, while the director was with his would be backer, Sir Winston Churchill stood up from the table when Welles arrived and bowed…



Alas, the creator of the motion picture considered to be the Best of All Time – and when not placed at number one, it had still been in the top five or ten, until recently at least – would have a lot of trouble with studio executives, they would not approve of his projects, their relationship has been more than tense



Orson Welles has made quite a few superb movies, such as The Magnificent Ambersons, but the studios would take the work from him and edit it, cut it to fit their purposes and we could argue that they destroyed it, the vision of the man that had made Citizen Kane would be replaced by the interference of office boys…

Herman Mankiewicz was excluded from the credits of Citizen Kane in his turn, we find that this side of the making of the film is also one of some rancor and acrimony, for Welles assigned the task of writing to Mankiewicz, and wrote a version of his own, using the material, and because there was a clause in the contract, Mank had to fight for his rights, threatening to file a complaint and eventually getting credit



For me, the greatest film of 2020 is Mank http://realini.blogspot.com/2021/02/p... which is about the mesmerizing screenwriter, portrayed by Gary Oldman, who deserved an Oscar for this (he has one for the role of Winston Churchill) just as the whole team would have gotten one, if I had been in charge, and we see the dynamic between Mank and Welles presented, perhaps without the more intense, adversarial exchanges that might have taken place…

One aspect of Citizen Kane that strikes me now is the way the tycoon could spend his money to promote, push forward a woman that had little, or maybe no talent, Susan Alexander Kane, and that is what happens today, even in America, which used to be the ‘greatest democracy in the world’, and a place where anyone could reach the top, but mostly based on talents, skills, and not nepotism, which is rife now



The same example is to be used here, for we have an individual that would not be promoted in a company, corporation if they looked at his misbehaviors (‘you can grab women by their pussy’) Narcissistic Personality Disorder – ‘I am a very stable genius’- and took into account the multitude of ineptitudes, abuses, lies that the crook has shouted, and yet he is not just very near the most important position in the world, but even his pathetic offspring are very present on the airwaves, deplorable as they are…

Citizen Kane of this age, Murdoch, is still able to get Trump elected, just as he pushes conspiracy theories, the notion that the elections have been stolen – Fox has had to pay more than seven hundred million in damages, because they used their propaganda machine for these lies – and the world could well have this monster to thank (again) for putting us in Clear and Present Danger from 2024 and onwards



Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se



As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...

[raShit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Citizen Kane includes many innovations in terms of cinema technique. When I watched the film first time, I used to think that Orson Welles decided new techniques on the set. However, there are many details in this screenplay. Welles thought about these innovations in the screenplay stage. In addition, extreme dialogue is always a risk for cinema. Welles overcame from this risk successfully.

[Saman]

در صورت تمایل، جهت مشخصات فیلمی که بر اساس این کتاب ساخته شده‌ است؛ می‌توانید از لینک زیر استفاده بفرمایید
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467

[Wanda]

9 JAN 2016 - recommendation through Bettie. Thank you.

[Ori Nagel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid. I only read it, who has the patience to watch old timey movies these days amirite?! Took a few tries to get through it, because it starts slow. Once it gets rolling you want to see how the protagonist will end up. I guess it’s the classic American dream story, showing the other side of achieving fame and success. About a workaholic looking for connection in the wrong places, burying feelings in work. A bit like A Christmas Carol in that sense. But it’s hard to derive a moral at the end of the story. Some people like that open ending, it’s just a more honest depiction of a man they might say.

I think it’s special in that it sets just the right tone for an open ending. There’s enough there to give a feeling of closure, but not too much to define a specific moral of the story.

[Rafael Nardini]

Como bem pontuou a inteligência de Orwell, ainda se acredita em conceitos como justiça, liberdade e verdade objetiva. Podem ser ilusões, mas ilusões são muito poderosas. Então, onde será a fronteira da democracis como fato político ou mera ilusão de poder?

[Baran Gok · Rating 5 out of 5]

"İnsanoğlunun en büyük musibeti, hafızadır. "
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[Ten · Rating 5 out of 5]

*and Herman Mankeiwicz

[Amin Salmanzadeh · Rating 3 out of 5]

اینکه برگرفته از داستان ویلیام هرست بود و رویکردی روانکاوانه نسبت به زمان خودش داشت از جنبه های مثبت فیلم بود.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: a companion to 1941's Citizen Kane, one of the greatest movies of all time. Screenplay, photos and controversy. Rosebud?

[Rêbwar Kurd · Rating 5 out of 5]

همشهری کین، اگر فقط روایت سقوط یک غول رسانه‌ای بود، این‌همه در حافظه‌ی تاریخ سینما و ذهن تماشاگر نمی‌ماند. اورسن ولز نه یک فیلم ساخت، که کالبدشکافی قدرت، خاطره، تنهایی و حقیقت را به تصویر کشید. و اگر بخواهیم این اثر را چون کتابی بخوانیم، چیزی در حد یک رمان حجیم داستایوفسکی‌وار‌ست؛ پر از لایه، سایه، و سکوت.

چارلز فاستر کین، مردی‌ست که همه‌چیز دارد جز خود. هرچه می‌سازد، برای پر کردن فقدانی‌ست که نامش را تا دم مرگ بر لب دارد: «رزباد». نه یک راز عاشقانه‌ی دم‌دستی، که تمثیلی‌ست از همهٔ چیزهایی که کودکی‌اش را بلعیدند؛ معصومیت، رهایی، و خانه‌ای که هیچ‌وقت به آن برنگشت.

رمان‌گونه بودن همشهری کین در ساختار روایتی‌اش موج می‌زند. شاهدان مختلف، خاطره‌های متضاد، روایت‌هایی که حقیقت را روشن نمی‌کنند، بلکه بیشتر مبهمش می‌کنند. انگار هرکسی نسخه‌ای از کین را در ذهن دارد، و هیچ‌کدام از آن‌ها کین واقعی نیستند. چون حقیقت، نه در کلمات، که در غیبت‌ها، در نگاه‌های خیره به هیچ، و در اتاق‌های خالی معنا می‌شود.

و این‌جاست که فیلم، یا به تعبیر دقیق‌تر، کتاب بصری ولز، به جامعه‌ای اشاره می‌کند که در آن رسانه نه فقط بازتاب قدرت، که خودِ قدرت است. کین، مردی‌ست که با روزنامه جنگ راه می‌اندازد، عشق می‌خرد، انتخابات را می‌برد، و در نهایت، با همهٔ این‌ها، به کسی بدل می‌شود که حتی تصویرِ بعد از مرگش هم جعلی‌ست.

در پایان، همشهری کین داستان مردی‌ست که همه‌چیز را به دست آورد، جز آنچه برایش معنای زندگی داشت. و مخاطب درمی‌یابد که در جهان مدرن، تراژدی دیگر با قتل و خون تعریف نمی‌شود؛ با خاطره‌هایی تعریف می‌شود که دیگر نمی‌توان به آن‌ها برگشت. با اشیایی ساده، مثل سورتمه‌ای که در آتش می‌سوزد، و معنایی را با خود می‌برد که دیگر به زبان نمی‌آید.

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

Strange and symbolic, great for literature coursework, but would not personally pick it up to read for outside of the classroom, Sparknotes helps you get through it.

[Hikmet Yalçın]

- benim bu kadar kalabalık, sizinse bu kadar tenha oluşunuz ne tuhaf değil mi? -

[Shahin Ghaeminejad · Rating 3 out of 5]

فیلمنامه، بزرگترین اشتباه یک فیلم است.