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Charles Foster Kane: You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.

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In the famous death scene, after the snow globe crashes, the snow does not remain in the globe (or on the floor,) but instead, takes over the entire screen. It was a mistake that was noticed by director Orson Welles, but kept for its dramatic effect; he felt that it added a sense of transcendence to Kane's death that was otherwise only implied. See more...

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Citizen Kane (1941) - 2 major mistakes

Directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles (add more)

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Mistake Continuity: In the scene with the lovely dancing ladies, Cotten blows cigar smoke just before a cut to him from the opposite angle. From this angle there is no smoke. This takes place just before Wells throws his jacket to Cotten.

Mistake Continuity: When Kane and Susan are speaking in their mansion, Susan is busying herself with jigsaw puzzles. The wide shot shows the jigsaw puzzle almost completed, but Susan's close-up shows the jigsaw puzzle in pieces.

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