Citizen Kane: Composition

One of the biggest factors contributing to Orson Welles' Citizen Kane status as the one of the best films ever made is the shot composition. The film was blessed to have brilliant cinematographer Gregg Toland working on the film who provided us with some of the most recognizable shots in Cinema i.e. Rosebud. Two particular segments of the film that caught my attention in terms of Cinematography were the election scene and his marriage to Susan.
In the election scene, we see Kane at his most powerful which makes sense as he is closest to achieving his goal of love from the people. He is shown at a low angle huge image of himself, possibly mirroring his self-admiration. He talks about the wrongdoing of BOSS JIM GETTYS!!!! and how he'll stop all the greedy businessman amid the cheers of his supporters. It then takes an interesting turn as it flashed to Gettys in the box above Kane staring down, at a more insignificant Kane, with deep space composition. This series of shots is interesting and intriguing because it really paints a portrait of a the situation faced by Kane and shows varying degrees of power between the characters.
The other notable segment is when Kane is when, after his wife left him, Kane walks past a mirror with an infinite amount of reflections "mirroring" the many incarnations of Kane we've seen so far and relates to "a word can't describe a man's life" message at the end of the film. Kane ,in the shot, also seems to be highly reflective as he has lost what he loved just like so many times before and how his wealth has gotten him nothing "real". This shot is particularly effective because of its vast importance to the themes of the film and the character of Kane himself ,as this is his last stop in a life "well-lived".
The place where Toland seemed to compose the shots poorly was the shot where Kane typed the rest of the review for Susan's debut performance with deep space composition. Kane is a t the front with Leland in mid ground and Bernstien in the background. The reason this could be better is because Kane is letting his desire to be seen a certain way is at its strongest  and you could make the argument that this actually makes him weaker rather than vice versa. A different shot that ironically highlights the idealism of Kane would serve the scene better.
The composition is similar and likely inspired the later work of Stanley Kubrick paticularly the film Clockwork orange which also consist of various longshots with intense deeper meaning of themes and the characters.