One of the greatest films ever made also generated a great controversy. In 1971, the film critic Pauline Kael wrote a 50,000-word essay revisiting the debate over who wrote 1941′s "Citizen Kane," officially credited to screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the film's director, Orson Welles. The bold essay was published in back-to-back issues of the New Yorker.

One of the greatest films ever made also generated a great controversy. In 1971, the film critic Pauline Kael wrote a 50,000-word essay revisiting the debate over who wrote 1941′s "Citizen Kane," officially credited to screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the film's director, Orson Welles. The bold essay was published in back-to-back issues of the New Yorker.