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How does a movie survive a half-century reputation as the Greatest Film Ever Made? By being really, really good. True, there are films more insightful about the human condition, pictures more dazzling in their technique, and movies more fun. But I’d be hard pressed to name many this insightful that are also this dazzling and fun. The story, in case you haven’t heard, examines the life of a powerful newspaper publisher, as remembered after his death by those close to him. And Rosebud is a McGuffin.