What film is humorously called, “The Citizen Kane of bad movies”?
To call a film the Citizen Kane of its genre has become the ultimate (and ultimately absurd) superlative. Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece represents a watershed moment in filmmaking and is considered by many to be the best film ever made. Therefore, it sounds pretty preposterous/awesome (depending on how drunk you are) to say that Shakes The Clown is “the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies.” Anyways, I was curious about this phenomenon, so I did some research. It turns out that some writers are not afraid to call something (egg rolls, for example) the Citizen Kane of anything (food, let’s say). Is it funny, or is poor Orson rolling in his grave? Here are some of the results of my research. Citizen Kanes in Film ‘Whore,’ “The Citizen Kane Of Streetwalker Movies Starring Megan Fox And Rumer Willis” (Defamer) This movie stars one young woman who is famous because she’s hot and another who is famous because her dad is a big R&B star. Does it warrant a Citizen Kane comparison? Methinks n
Self-financed to the tune of $6m by its director/writer/producer/star Tommy Wiseau, it’s so bad, it’s brilliant. Telling the tale of a melodramatic love triangle in San Francisco, the acting is woeful, the plot makes no sense, one actor quit and his dialogue was simply given to another character. Wiseau ended up sacking his entire crew twice during filming and made only $2,000 during its initial run. But it has gone on to develop a cult following in LA due to so-bad-its-good chic, with “interactive” midnight screenings popping up all over America. That trend now looks set to continue here. Sources: http://www.thelondonpaper.
