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《電影手冊》評選出的世上最美的10部電影，你看過幾部呢？
1.《公民凱恩》Citizen Kane
美國報業大亨凱恩（奧森•韋爾斯）在桑拿都莊園中留下“玫瑰花蕾”的“遺言”死去后，一位青年記者受媒體的委托調查這四個字的含義，遂即，他走訪了凱恩生前的同事好友，從報社董事長伯恩斯坦的口中，了解到凱恩的發跡歷程以及如何制造輿論使美國卷入1897年的戰爭中的往事，從利蘭的講述中，凱恩與美國總統的侄女愛米麗的婚姻、與第二任妻子（歌手）蘇珊的復雜關系及在總統競選中的失敗等等也被他一一所知。
聽過大量的講述后，該記者又去圖書館查閱了有關凱恩的詳盡資料，凱恩更多的一面，青年時代的經歷及與母親的關系也被他知曉，然而，“玫瑰花蕾”四字的含義，他仍不得而知。
The story is a film à clef that examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and Welles' own life. Upon its release, Hearst prohibited mention of the film in any of his newspapers. 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 revealed through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word: "Rosebud."
