America's Genghis Khan - Citizen Kane (Part 4)

My remarks here will be brief, I'm afraid. I have little to say about this movie.
Personally, I think it's a better film than All Quiet on the Western Front. Even though I am not entirely familiar with Orson Welles, I think I might check out his version of Jane Eyre, where he plays Mr. Rochester. He has never been a handsome-looking man, but you can't help looking at the guy. He is articulate, he is intelligent, and more importantly, he is original. You can't find that in a lot of men these days.
So going back to the film, I still stand by what I said: Susan Alexander IS more vulnerable than Mr. Kane. By the time the Enquirer lauds her for months, she can't take it anymore. I had a feeling if Kane didn't listen to her, she'll kill herself from the exhaustion. Not that much else of her is still alive anyway. Like Kane and Leeland, she has lost a part of her Soul, and at one point, she turns to drinking.
I've read some of the blogs, and a lot of people are saying he acts the way he acts because of his drunken dad. Since Leeland and Kane were good friends before Kane got carried away, he should've known at least a little bit about his childhood. And what of Emily and Susan? Surely he must've told them something... It's true that he is estranged from them, but they should've known at least a smidgeon of his history.

As the film points out, he is a mysterious man, and life cannot be defined with one word. If that were true, it would've been easy to catergorize everyone. However, every little detail is complex. There's no way of knowing what is true or not. It's all very well, but unfortunately, the film is incredibly one-sided. Were there any people who still liked him? Every person the reporter came across has some kind of agenda against him, or at least some kind of grudge. It's a pity, really. We could've seen him at his best. Maybe he could've been a better person... Maybe he shouldn't have been left with a reliable banker... the world may never know.
Until then, let's hold our breaths for Runaway Train