[Morticia]

I actually sat down and watched this all the way through for the first time last night.

Since I'm going off of memory, you'll have to forgive me for not knowing exact details or technical terms....and I'll likely think of more later.

Anyway....A few things I noticed in particular were what Avid mentioned....the scene dissolves and special effects. Often a scene would be played in the 'foreground' - his second wife discussing how she left him, for instance, and in the 'background' you'd see part of the scene she describes. There are a lot of scenes that play out this way....considering this was made in 1941 the effect was not widely used....perhaps never used before. (I didn't have time to watch the commentaries, this may be mentioned....)

There were some fisheye-type effects used with the snowglobe and other reflecting effects. Even though there were many such moments where I thought, "Gee, I don't think they used THAT effect before this film", I didn't think it was like some "guy" put together a film just to show off the neato camera effects he learned. As Avid said as well, this film will move you...

I'm not sure how much the Radio days inspired or influenced Welles' filmmaking. This is an intensely visual film! I noticed how all the shots that were taking place in Kane's mansion, Xanadu, showed vast amounts of empty space, usually shot long with Kane standing alone. A reference to Kane's empty life.....