Citizen Kane is widely regarded as one of the best films, if not the best film, of all time. One of the reasons it is so highly praised is because it pushed the boundaries of many aspects of film at the time.
For example, in most biopics in that time period (of which there were many), the lead character was almost always a classic hero; a knight in shining armour who could do no wrong. Charles Foster Kane is certainly not what I have in mind when I think of someone heroic. He is self-centered and greedy, and he treats his closest friends and family like garbage sometimes.
This film made people notice that the lead character did not have to be heroic, and it was actually better to have them shown to be more human and relatable, with problems much like any other person would have.
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