"Mank" is not so much an analysis of the birth process of an outstanding film, as it is an ode to the bitterness of a certain period of old Hollywood: some like love letters, some like proverbs, and some like mysteries
. The film has faded the veil of Hollywood mythology, and at the same time involves the creator's self-loathing, identity, alcohol dependence, fear of failure, literal value and other themes, sometimes savage, sometimes interesting, and sometimes both
. Director Davey and Finch put forward a more vivid and interesting argument in the film-about the movie, about morality and perseverance
. With the blessing of Gary Oldman's wonderful acting skills, the film is full of wisdom, sophisticated and sophisticated, exciting, and worthy of reflection
. At the same time, although the film is attractive enough to attract the audience, if the main purpose of the film is to let a screenwriter dedicate his best works to the industry he hates most and show a lonely entertainer, "Mank" obviously has shortcomings. Overall, the film is aesthetically fascinating, but emotionally out of reach
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Mank evaluation action
2022-01-03 08:01
Extended Reading
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Melisa 2022-03-26 09:01:08
It is more academic than Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and the threshold for watching movies is also higher. Finch's father's posthumous work, the director uses black and white images to outline the complicated past of the golden age of Hollywood. The focus of Manke's character itself and the political contradictions in Hollywood's upper echelons that he evokes are well balanced. Citizen Kane is not the center, the film is a Ukiyo-e of WWII Hollywood. However, even the Americans are not so familiar with these Hollywood insiders, and the inner core of the left is not so straightforward. The word of mouth and the knife are definitely not as good as the director used to.
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Joe 2022-01-03 08:01:40
The montage in the middle is amazing! Although Flashback's disorderly interspersion destroys the coherence of the story, it also adds a bit of unpredictable fun. But no matter how much the film says, whether it’s the political environment in Hollywood, or the creative path of "Kane", it’s still Mank. Forgive me for being superficial, I still like the last sentence: "It's the power of the movie. "It's like the voice of everyone walking along the way
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Herman Mankiewicz: That, my friend, is the magic of the movies.
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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.
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Finch has a knack for making big stories small, but not so delicate
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This is a sincere love letter to the movie
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Vulture: Before watching "Mank", you need to understand the background knowledge of the golden age of Hollywood ABC
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Who created the greatest movie "Citizen Kane" in film history?
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The story behind the classic - "Mank"