This sequence begins the classic film story which attempts to determine the meaning of a dying man's words, and it became the film that most critics agree is the greatest ever made, CITIZEN KANE, the film directed by a young Hollywood newcomer at the time, Orson Welles. The sequence is so mysterious -- the shot opens into the mansion of someone, we're not sure who -- we discover later is Charles Foster Kane, and he is on his death bed, and the last word he utters before he dies is "Rosebud." He drops the snow model he had been holding onto to the ground, and that's all of the information we receive. And then, like the investigator in the film, we are also trying to determine the meaning of Rosebud. As the film progresses, people look back on Kane's life, his huge successes, his personal downfalls, and by the end, no one was able to solve the mystery, except for the audience. And since it's one of the great film mysteries of all time, I won't even reveal it here. But in one final shot when Kane's belongings are being incinerated, we see the answer, and it's a striking revelation, especially after all we've seen of Kane's life, what he made of himself, and how he died. It's an incredible film, all begun with a unique framing device where the main character dies right at the beginning of the film, and the narrative fills us in to complete the full meaning of this man's life.