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Make my day: the best (and worst) lines in the history of film

Paul Wellings, Independent, The, 20 October 2006

As in life, first impressions count in cinema. In Citizen Kane (1941), the opening word, Charles Foster Kane's dying utterance "Rosebud", holds the key (perhaps) to the entire movie.

Total word count of piece: 2249

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