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Classic Film Group Join us for Citizen Kane, Orson Welles' first movie and AFI's #1 movie of all time on July 25 or Aug. 1 at 6 pm in The Lodge Theater. Citizen Kane follows a reporter's investigation into millionaire Charles Kane's obscure dying words. Through flashbacks, the audience learns about Kane's fascinating rise to and fall from power, while solving the riddle of his last words. When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering success. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "rosebud." Through flashbacks, the audience learns about Kane's fascinating rise to and fall from power. He finds evidence of a child torn away from his family to serve mammon. Grown into manhood, Kane becomes a newspaperman to indulge his idealism. He marries the niece of the man who will become President of the United States, and gradually assumes more and more power while losing more and more of his soul. Kane's money and power do not bring him happiness and he loses his youthful idealism, as has the America for which he is a symbol. Note: Orson Welles watched John Ford's Stagecoach over 40 times before making Citizen Kane. ~ Paul Plamondon, 4seasonsmoviegroup@gmail.com FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2023 41 NOTE: There will be no Counter Culture Cinema Club screenings in July. We will resume our regular screening schedule in August. The club has screenings on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. We screen films you won't find at the big Cineplexes: documentaries, indie films, foreign films, and other little gems that don't get wide release. All of our screenings are followed by lively discussion about the film; we'd love to have you join us. The Lodge Theater has very limited seating, so if you're interested in our screenings, come early; we hope to see you there. Please note that all films announced are subject to availability. If you have any questions about the Counter Culture Cinema Club or want to recommend a film, please email Micki Rosen at michelesrosen@gmail.com. ~ Micki Rosen Counter Culture Cinema WEDNESDAY MATINEE: Come and watch old Western movies! On Wednesday, July 12 , starting at 2 pm, we will be showing e Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Bring your own popcorn and drink or lunch. Watch for the Wednesday Matinee in the Activity Blast and the weekly movie schedule. Sponsored by the Classic Film Group.