Note Details
- Stage: seed 🌱
- Type: person
- Topics: surrealism art creativity
American actor, director, writer, and producer widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in cinema history. Known for innovative storytelling techniques and his larger-than-life persona.
Key Works
- Citizen Kane (1941) — often cited as the greatest film ever made
- F for Fake (1973) — pioneering essay film exploring art, forgery, and truth
- The War of the Worlds (1938) — infamous radio broadcast that caused public panic
Ideas
- Pioneered deep focus cinematography and non-linear narrative
- Blurred boundaries between truth and fiction, reality and performance
- To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.