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− | '''''Citizen Kane''''' is a 1941 film, directed by and starring [[Orson Welles]] | + | '''''Citizen Kane''''' is a 1941 film, directed by and starring [[Orson Welles]]. The film became a classic and is often called "the greatest film of all time" by film critics and therefore frequently referenced on ''The Simpsons''. So much, in fact, that one of the writers claimed that it may be, alongside ''[[The Godfather]]'', the most parodied film on the show. |
== References to ''Citizen Kane'' in ''The Simpsons'' == | == References to ''Citizen Kane'' in ''The Simpsons'' == | ||
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{{TB|"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|The scene where Mr. Burns is trying to be elected as governor in front of a large black and white poster of his own face references a similar scene in the movie where Kane is trying to be elected president. Later, when Burns' election campaign begins to | + | {{TB|The scene where [[Mr. Burns]] is trying to be elected as governor in front of a large black and white poster of his own face references a similar scene in the movie where Kane is trying to be elected president. Later, when Burns' election campaign begins to plummet he shouts, "You can't do this to me. I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" This is a parody of the line that Kane speaks when he fails in getting elected, "You can't do this to me. I'm Charles Foster Kane."}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Homer playing with paper.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Homer playing with paper.png|250px]]}} | ||
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{{TB|"[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"}} | {{TB|"[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|When Homer watches the musical rendition of "[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]" he becomes uninterested and begins amusing himself by playing with a piece of paper, similar to the way a bored Joseph Cotten does in the theater audience while watching the opera in which Kane's mistress performs.}} | + | {{TB|When [[Homer]] watches the musical rendition of "[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]" he becomes uninterested and begins amusing himself by playing with a piece of paper, similar to the way a bored Joseph Cotten does in the theater audience while watching the opera in which Kane's mistress performs.}} |
{{TBT|[[File:Smithers' dance act for Mr. Burns.png|250px]]}} | {{TBT|[[File:Smithers' dance act for Mr. Burns.png|250px]]}} | ||
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− | {{TB|The scene transition where | + | {{TB|The scene transition where Mr. Burns's vulture in his birdhouse is shown in close-up, is very similar to a famous transition scene in ''Citizen Kane'', where a cockatoo in Kane's birdhouse briefly squawks. Both birds are shown from the same camera position too.}} |
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{{TB|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"}} | {{TB|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"}} | ||
− | {{TB|When the Simpsons were in the Mall they see a cane in a glass case and Lisa comments "Oh, look, there's the cane from ''Citizen Kane''", and then Homer, Marge and Bart give each other confused looks and walk off purposefully, leading Lisa to reprimand herself: "Wait a minute... there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''".}} | + | {{TB|When the Simpsons were in the Mall they see a cane in a glass case and [[Lisa]] comments "Oh, look, there's the cane from ''Citizen Kane''", and then Homer, [[Marge]] and [[Bart]] give each other confused looks and walk off purposefully, leading Lisa to reprimand herself: "Wait a minute... there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''".}} |
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+ | {{TB|''[[Reverend Lovejoy's Hellfire Comics: Citizen Shame!]]''}} | ||
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{{TB|The comic's plot of adult Lisa trying to learn about the significance of the words "[[Fish Logs]]" from Bart's past is loosely based the film.}} | {{TB|The comic's plot of adult Lisa trying to learn about the significance of the words "[[Fish Logs]]" from Bart's past is loosely based the film.}} | ||
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{{TB|''[[The Radioactive Man Christmas Special!]]''}} | {{TB|''[[The Radioactive Man Christmas Special!]]''}} | ||
{{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] calls the {{ap|The Radioactive Man Christmas Special!|movie}} so awful at it makes the Ewok Christmas Special look like Citizen Kane.}} | {{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] calls the {{ap|The Radioactive Man Christmas Special!|movie}} so awful at it makes the Ewok Christmas Special look like Citizen Kane.}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:28, April 15, 2024
Citizen Kane is a 1941 film, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The film became a classic and is often called "the greatest film of all time" by film critics and therefore frequently referenced on The Simpsons. So much, in fact, that one of the writers claimed that it may be, alongside The Godfather, the most parodied film on the show.
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