When I walk through an art museum, I often hear volunteer tour guides gushing over a Van Gogh. Im not sure they really love the work. I think there exists a culture-wide guilt Van Gogh had to suffer so much in his lifetime. Therefore we overcompensate with post-mortem praise for his paintings. Is it the same with Orson Welles? Are we allowed to call ourselves movie lovers and NOT love
Citizen Kane? I've watched it half a dozen times personally, but do I really love the film? Or am I--and the rest of the world of cinema--overcompensating for the pain of knowing Welles got the shaft of a lifetime after this movie?