Cinematic Lives: Citizen Kane

Join The Nick and the Columbia Museum of Art for a two-part series exploring themes in the CMA exhibition Interior Lives: Modern American Spaces, 1890–1945. See two films from the 1940s, Citizen Kane and Meet Me in St. Louis, followed by talkbacks featuring CMA Senior Curator Michael Neumeister, who created the exhibition, and Laura Major, collections manager at USC’s Moving Image Research Collections.
 
On April 2, gather at The Nick for a screening of Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles), long regarded as one of the best American films of all time. It follows the mystery of Charles Foster Kane’s tragic death through interviews and flashbacks spanning from the late 1800s through the early 1900s. Famous for its groundbreaking cinematography, the film employed the use of deep focus, an innovation where foreground, midground, and background all remained in focus. This technique allowed the filmmaker to highlight the various interior spaces that Kane inhabited throughout his life, from his modest childhood home to his ostentatious final abode, Xanadu. Run time: 1h 59m. 

$15 / $12 for Nick and CMA members with discount code member3

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