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Citizen Dandy was made by assembling segments from each of the films on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time. The strategy used to construct this new narrative was to edit together segments in order as they appear on AFI’s list. The segment used from each film also relates to ranking on the list. For example, the opening segment comes from the #1 ranked film, Citizen Kane. The segment used includes the first edit that appears in the film, as well as the shots that this first edit ties together. The second segment comes from the #2 ranked film, Casablanca and includes the second edit that appears in the film, as well as the shots that this second edit ties together. This strategy is followed all the way through until the 100th edit from the 100th film on the list (Yankee Doodle Dandy) is reached.