It is said that a picture can be worth a thousand words. Could the reverse be true, that one word could be worth an entire picture? Such is indubitably the case of “Citizen Kane” thought of by many including the American Film Institute as the greatest movie ever made.

The very first word spoken in the movie, the dying word of the protagonist, fuels the search for its meaning, becoming a two hour “documentary” on the life of a man who had nearly everything he wanted. Fame, fortune, women, power… all were within his grasp at one time or another. Until his dying breath when he realized he had lost possibly the only thing in his life that he actually treasured. Suspend disbelief for a moment, because nobody was in the room when he uttered the mysterious word. Sorry, no spoiler here. If you don’t know what it means, you owe it to yourself to watch the movie and discover it on your own.

I bet we all have some Rosebud in our life, something we cherished in our youth that is long lost. So when you get what this movie is about, you, too, may shed a tear on some lost piece of your childhood. Just don’t end up bitter and alone like Charles Foster Kane.