Coincidence No. 202 – Kane
I finish watching ‘Citizen Kane’ for the first time in years, showing Enfant Terrible No. 1. I notice how the final scene in Xanadu with all his art and possessions boxed up must have inspired the final warehouse scene in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’.
Two minutes after the film finishes a message comes in to me from an old school friend commenting on the stuff I’ve been finding today as I sort out the attic and sharing with our Whatsapp group of schoolmates:
Ad – I’m thinking of that scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark where the Ark gets stored in a vast warehouse. Based on what’s emerging recently, I’m assuming your attic is something like that.
Simple Pleasures part 4 
Update 13/12/20: I went to San Simeon (William Randolph Hearst’s ‘castle’ in California, as a young teenager. I naively asked the tour guide, having heard her recounting of the story of Hearst: “Wasn’t this the bloke that Citizen Kane was based on then?” She vehemently denied it.
That isn’t the actual ending scene from Raiders, that’s a digital matte painting I did to recreate the original shot. But thanks 🙂
My bad, didn’t realise that – it does look rather perfect
Neil, what was your recreation for?
No problem. It was just a personal project, I always loved that final shot, but now with HD and 4K it’s starting to show it’s age, so I thought I’d recreate it with CG.
Have you recreated other iconic shots?