Well, I rented a video yesterday... but I was naughty and passed the classics and rented "Kill Bill volume 1" instead LOL. (They don't have much classics at this rental place, so i'm excused! hehe)
I love beautiful cinematography as well, but I learned cinematography no matter how beautiful can do very little to save a poorly written storyline. It's good for the first 5 minutes, but five more minutes one's "gluteus maximus" starts burning if the story ain't good. :P
Yeah I heard that fact about Kane too. Haven't watched it though, but planning on it.