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Apr 30, 2015 - 4:31 PM
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Grecchus
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The snow globe is referred to as a "cheap bauble" in the article. Of course, there could be several connections between the snow globe and the sled. First, they both convey the idea of a snowscape. In the film the young Kane is playing outside in the snow, which is also suggestive of innocence by way of it's exceptional whiteness, when he is carted off to his new life with ill-fitting silver spoon, etc. The snow globe also portrays a constrained volume which suggests Kane has been imprisoned in a space with limited scope. This works for me because had he not experienced two completely different pathways in life, then his own sense of apparent freedom would not have been made aware of the partition between two very different states of being. It's like the partition only gives him half a lifetime instead of a full one.
The other thing is that a child has a different perception of the passing of time than an adult. For a child up to the age of 10 or slightly after, the years pass by with a slower sense of movement. It's like 1 child year equals 5 adult years. The older you get, the faster time seems to pass by.
Thanks for posting DB, it's about time I gave the film another view.
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Yet another little detail to add to the mix:
When Kane first meets Suzen Alexander in the street, after getting spattered with mud, he later explains to her he was on his way to a warehouse to look at some things. (The sled?)
She has such a blank facial expression in reaction to this that he shuts up about it, stuffing his real feelings, and giving her attention, instead.
Throwaway moment.
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A throw-away moment that I, too, have noticed before, John -- and I think there's no question that if not the sled in particular it's definitely the whole childhood-years collection in general. And this subtle moment helps to set up the pay-off scene in the end.
(And funny thing, Essankay, tonight for the first time, before reading your post, I watched KANE on TCM and I think noticed a globe in Susan's apartment. And why not? It's later found by Kane with all her other bedroom belongings after his rampage.)
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Anybody here ever see "Kitty Foyle"?
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Acknowledging the genius and the man, on this, his 100th birthday.
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