Added on by Andrew Marzoni.
“Citizen Kane” isn’t even Welles’s best film, and therefore can’t be the best film of all time. But why did it hold the title for so long? The answer to that question is equally simple…
— Richard Brody on why “Vertigo” surpassed “Citizen Kane” to become the best film of all time: http://nyr.kr/Tis1B3