The Rosebud

[richips.livejournal.com]

I believe there was an old film set in the Rosebud diner, right? Which was it?
Is there a whole history somewhere of the place?
my google/goodsearch-fu isn't giving me an answer.
Thanks!

Comments

[ron_newman]

It's a Worcester dining car, which means it was built in a factory in Worcester and trucked over to its current site. It is on the city's list of protected historic buildings. That's all I can come up with right now, but I might have more later.

[richips.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's what i got too. Maybe i will go in there and ask at some point, i wonder if current employees would know. I like local history. Thanks Ron!

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The owner is the son of the people who owned it for the last zillion years (like 30+ years anyway). He looks like an older, narrower-faced Kevin Spacey.

[richips.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that could be perfect. Thank you.

There seem to be a lot of Kevin Spacey look alikes in this area.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I believe that was Citizen Tom, the epic film about a young man's rise from obscurity to become the powerful and fearsome spokesman for a small New England city.

[firepail.livejournal.com]

He used his powerful cat macros to inform the city and spare them ticket/towing costs! His credo "Call 311" will never be forgotten!

[richips.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[richips.livejournal.com]

Were you serious, or is firepail right on the money? leaning towards the latter. Amusing nonetheless.

[wobblymusic.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you've heard of Citizen Kane and the importance of the name "Rosebud" to its central mystery!

[richips.livejournal.com]

I know it but have not seen it. I should get on that!

[ron_newman]

Rosebud is a [censored].

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

As the real story in regards to Hearst, yes, that should be censored.

[richips.livejournal.com]

i was confused by the wikipedia entry. must do more research. and see the movie.

[cosinezero.livejournal.com]

How dare you say that about her!

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

So, seriously, the word "Rosebud" is central to the movie Citizen Kane — but in the movie it's not a diner.

[richips.livejournal.com]

Hmm, thank you.
I think there was a conversation about that, how it's both. Or maybe i've been had. So how long has the Rosebud been around in reality?

[ron_newman]

1940s I think, but don't hold me to that.

[richips.livejournal.com]

That's what i thought, which is why the comments confused me.

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I think you probably heard of "rosebud" in reference to Citizen Kane and are confusing that with the diner?

EDIT: Way to be late to the party. Next time, I'll read the comments ahead of me before posting :)

[richips.livejournal.com]

That's okay, i think you all posted at exactly the same time.

kind of a party pooper. now i need to remember who told me this and see if they've been had, or i've been had, or both.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

In all seriousness, for all I know there may have been a movie set in the Rosebud diner. I just liked the idea of someone confusing the diner with Citizen Kane and ran with that.

[richips.livejournal.com]

We should investigate!

[genesayssitdown.livejournal.com]

i have overcome the urge to spoil the ending of citizen kane exactly five times while reading the comments here

[richips.livejournal.com]

thank you, please continue to do so, as i have yet to see it and i'm sure some others are too.

[unferth.livejournal.com]

I was spoiled on it by reading Peanuts collections as a kid, long before I saw the movie.

For what it's worth, the spoiler-sensitive aspect is not actually crucial to the movie. It's mostly just a framing device.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

That's my favorite "Peanuts" cartoon ever.

My second favorite is the one where Lucy's re-reading "Little Red Riding Hood" and she defends that by saying "It's a new translation that clears up some formerly difficult passages!"

[richips.livejournal.com]

i need to see these

I see what I did there.

[aki.livejournal.com]

I want to post some other classic spoiler, but then I think "But what if someone didn't know they were all dead people?!" and I don't post.


Oops.

Re: I see what I did there.

[richips.livejournal.com]

i made that reference the other day

if you want something it should be safe to spoil

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

There was the SNL takeoff sketch where it was "Rosebud", "Henri", and "Musard". Anyone recall that?

Re: if you want something it should be safe to spoil

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

What's Buck Henry up to these days?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75jkane.phtml