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Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth.
Dec 4, 2020 · With Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey. 1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- David Fincher
- 2020-12-04
Nov 6, 2020 · But in another version of Hollywood history, the one David Fincher tells in the glorious new film “ Mank,” Herman Mankiewicz as portrayed by Gary Oldman was early Hollywood in all its greatness and tragedy. Working off a crackling screenplay by his late father Jack Fincher, David Fincher has made “Mank” into an incisive look at a ...
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Dec 4, 2020 · Mankiewicz — “Mank” is his nickname — is explaining his elliptical script, which in 1941 would be released as Citizen Kane, the seminal film on which he officially shares the screenwriting ...
Nov 6, 2020 · Review: ‘Mank’ is a gorgeous dive into film history — and a sharp reflection on our political present. By Justin Chang Film Critic. Nov. 6, 2020 9 AM PT. The Times is committed to reviewing...
I think the most productive way to look at “Mank,” a new film about Hollywood in the 1930s and ‘40s, and about the screenwriter of a particularly famous and iconic work, is to understand it as Fincher’s most playful work.
Synopsis. Mank captures the life of Mankiewicz between essentially 1933 and 1940, when America. was in the midst of the Depression and watching uneasily, but from far, the gathering. clouds of World War II. There is another presence that Fincher does well to focus on.
