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15 February 2015

Citizenfour Echos Citizen Kane

Laura Poitras' Oscar-nominated film Citizenfour on Snowden echos the Oscar-winning Citizen Kane by Orson Welles: "Kane's career in the publishing world is born of idealistic social service, but gradually evolves into a ruthless pursuit of power. Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is told through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word: 'Rosebud.' "

Au courant, Snowden's giant head looming over obsequious interlocutors and spellbound audience smacks of 1984 ad by Apple, absent runner's sledgehammer.