It's been called the greatest cinematic feat of the modern age. And this March, you can see Citizen Kane the way it was meant to be seen: in eye-popping 3-D.
Just kidding, y'all. That would be horrible.
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival will be holding a special screening of Orson Welles' classic tale of a man and his empire on March 9th at—where else?—Hearst Castle itself.
Just as Charles Foster Kane and American media mogul William Randolph Hearst will forever be associated with one another, much of Welles's inspiration for the Kane estate, a luxurious and creepy mansion dripping with the finest exotica from around the globe, is understood to be based on
Hearst himself was not exactly a fan of Citizen Kane, and he used a great amount of time, money, and efforts from his
The Hearst family of today is a bit more supportive. As Steve Hearst, great-grandson of William Randolph, told the Los Angeles Times: "It's a great opportunity to draw a clear distinction between W.R. and Orson Welles, between the medieval, gloomy-looking castle shown in Citizen Kane and the light, beautiful, architecturally superior reality."
Citizen Kane will be shown on the five-story-tall screen at the


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