
In May 1941, it premiered in a New York cinema and was a box-office bomb. Now, 85 years later, Citizen Kane is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made.
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In May 1941, it premiered in a New York cinema and was a box-office bomb. Now, 85 years later, Citizen Kane is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made.
The film was a flop – at least at first – so what is it about this work of cinema history that makes it so acclaimed?
In 1952, the team behind Sight and Sound magazine, published by the British Film Institute, had the idea of asking critics to name the “Greatest Films of All Time”. This tradition has been repeated every 10 years since.