I just got done watching Citizen Kane for the very first time. Sure I knew what Rosebud was the whole time, so maybe I had extra sympathy for Kane from the beginning. But I wonder how many of use spend our whole life looking to find that one thing that can make us loved by everyone and thereby make us happy. When what we really want is to return to a simpler time. The pure joy that you hear in young Kane’s voice as he played in the snow at the beginning of the movie points to the joy of the simple things in life.
I think that we should all take the lessons of Kane to heart in that no matter how many things you collect, remember that the simple things in life can give you the most joy, but don’t wait until your dying breath to realize that and live it. Oh, and don’t wait 32 years to see this movie!