Orson Welles is a legend in himself. He is a dedicated director, actor and artist. An artist in the sense that he directed, produced and was the protagonist of the film "Citizen Kane". The film won an award for best screenplay written by Welles. “Citizen Kane” highlights many social problems between countries, relationships and even between competing newspaper companies. The film caused a great deal of controversy when it was first released late (due to personal conditions with W.R. Hearst). It highlights how a newspaper should react and also highlights the corruption of politics. War was breaking out in Europe and throughout the film Kane states that there will be no war. It ignores the fact that people are being killed, tortured and herded like cattle because of Adolf Hitler. The film was released on May 1, 1941, a few days before Joseph Stalin became prime minister of Russia, one day before the Nazis took control of the Netherlands and eight days before the British army broke the German codes. word "rosebud". Audiences who just tuned into the film have no idea what the word means. In the opening musical score many parallels can be seen. This includes images on top of images, images that digress from other images, and images that conflict with other images. Throughout the film there are parallels not only to the shots, but to real life people and characters. Private lives are not private at all. If you are an important figure in the world, then people have clear access to you and your life. This goes hand in hand with Kane's life. Since he was a child he did great things and his life was publicized by his guardian. It's very important in the scheme of things because after Kane's second wife divorced him, he became a recluse and people had that curiosity about what he was doing in Xanadu..