![]() ![]() ![]() And he decides to take revenge by making a film about the powerful media magnate William Randolph Hearst, whom he once saw as his friend. It’s really a movie about a writer who comes to realize the business he’s in is being twisted by the powerful, toward terrible ends. IMDbīut on the other hand, it’s possible - even likely - to get to the end of Mank and wonder, “What was that all about?” The film is dense with references to multiple real-life feuds, long-running critical arguments, and, perhaps most of all, the political allegiances and alliances that were so much a part of Hollywood’s first several decades. Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in Mank. Directed by David Fincher ( Gone Girl, The Social Network) from a screenplay written by his father Jack Fincher, it’s fast, talky, and shot in black and white with old-timey flourishes, and its plot is simple enough to follow even though the film is not very interested in explaining itself. On the one hand, the movie is plenty watchable even without much knowledge of the real-life characters and historical story it’s telling Mank is about a former journalist and playwright who struck gold in Hollywood - like many writers of his era - only to be tossed out by the industry and go on to strike back the best way he can. 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 credit with Citizen Kane director, producer, and star Orson Welles.Īnd yet his cinnamon roll analogy is a useful way to describe Mank, which itself is a bit of a puzzle. David Fincher’s new movie Mank is a broadside against Hollywood self-congratulation ![]()
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