Culturebox: Buy the Citizen Kane Blu-ray

Now playing: Slate V, a video-only site from the world's leading online magazine. Visit Slate V at www.slatev.com.
dvd extras Buy the Citizen Kane Blu-ray You haven't seen the Orson Welles classic until you've seen this newly restored version. By Fred Kaplan Updated Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, at 5:40 AM ET In September 2008, I wrote a Slate column urging all film-lovers to go buy a Blu-ray player so they could watch the new digital restorations of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II in a format that looked--in clarity, color, and detail--remarkably close to the original 35 mm prints. If you didn't take my suggestion then, it's time to reconsider. This week, the American film classic, Citizen Kane, comes out on Blu-ray, and the difference between this disc and any other version you've seen--on TCM, at a repertory movie theater, or on the DVD released nine years ago--is stunning. To continue reading, click here. Fred Kaplan, who writes Slate's "War Stories" column, also writes widely about culture. His latest book, 1959: The Year Everything Changed, is out in paperback. He can be reached at war_stories@hotmail.com. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate We Can End the Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood. But We'll All Have To Reveal What We Do in Bed. Lady Gaga Is Pop's Leading Conservative Why Aren't There Any Civilians in Military Video Games?	Advertisement
Manage your newsletters subscription: Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | Advertising Information
Ideas on how to make something better? Send an e-mail to slatenewsletter@nl.slate.com. Copyright 2011 The Slate Group | Privacy Policy The Slate Group | c/o E-mail Customer Care | 1350 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 410 | Washington, D.C. 20036