"Mank" Short Review

Dina 2022-03-21 09:02:24

The subject matter is as hard-core as I imagined, but "Mank"'s ecological depiction of Hollywood in the silver age is far more penetrating than I imagined. In Hollywood, everything is inseparable from politics, the Great Depression, the governor's election, falsehoods Political films, the political manipulation behind Hollywood executives, and their staff are at best street monkeys, but Manke refuses to take a stand on politics, and has even been disrespectful to the point of defiant. Behind the birth of "The Great Nation", it is Manke The insinuation and accusation against the Hollywood studio system for more than ten years is also a one-time confession made by Finch for his dissatisfaction with the past cooperation. But such a bold talk really makes me a little ashamed. NETFLIX really supports Finch unconditionally. 's creation. Finch is to Mank, Mank is to Kane, Kane is to Orson, the arrogant creator may finally have to compromise in some places, but a desperate bet is always needed, and Orson will bet with Mank. It's a good bet once, but there will be no next time. Hahaha, photography, lighting and editing are completely like watching a black and white movie 70 years ago. The black noise used in "The Array Club" is full of director's marks, but if this script cooperates with Alan Sorkin, it may be more sharp, but overall, as Finch's return after 6 years of violation, I was not disappointed. Billing interspersed with a series of dream-like montages, the best montage of the whole film

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Extended Reading
  • Mona 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    6/10. Finch tried to be as close to Welles’ creations as possible in terms of visual aesthetics: the upside-down, bumpy opening credits, the montage of cannonballs at a campaign night reception, and the tonal depth and sheen of black-and-white footage. But Finch does not have a contradictory character with huge charm like Kane to support the chaotic time and space switching. In fact, Manke's creative motivation is so superficial that it can be summed up in one sentence: Hollywood's hard-line conservatives and Hearst collude to create Fake news came to bring down Sinclair, causing Mank, who had a conscience, to create an image of Kane attacking Hearst. In addition to his interest in shooting black and white, Finch really couldn't find the core of the story. The audience saw Manke break into the set and hand the cigarette to the actress Marion who was standing on the model at the stake. Destroyed his future, smashed the glass at the dinner table at Hearst's costume party, arrogantly attacked Hearst's wealth career in the name of a remake of Don Quixote, vomited on the spot, and then reduced to the vicissitudes of the opening face, wearing a plaster leg to bed An out-of-date writer, who pieced together and mixed Manke's trivial comments on people and things, leaving the audience with a lot of fluff.

  • Zola 2022-04-22 07:01:39

    Finch Finch I love you? I still really like (o^^o) The lines are so beautifully written! !

Mank quotes

  • Herman Mankiewicz: That, my friend, is the magic of the movies.

  • Herman Mankiewicz: Irving, you are the shrewdest executive in this town. Why are you acting like some dumb ward heeler? You don't need my donation. You don't need anybody's. You have everything it takes right here.

    Irving Thalberg: Meaning?

    Herman Mankiewicz: [sighs] Meaning you can make the world swear King Kong is ten stories tall and Mary Pickford a virgin at 40. Yet you can't convince starving voters that a turncoat socialist is a menace to everything Californians hold dear? You're barely trying.