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Zack 2022-04-23 07:03:00
If this were to change the director, it would be such a boring movie. A director who can play a simple story written by a screenwriter with so many levels of tricks is an awesome...
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Daniella 2022-04-23 07:03:00
Once Upon a Time...in Classical...
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Crystel 2022-04-23 07:03:00
The full two stars, the theme, narrative and story are so-so, but for the good luck that the 1993 class may have, I hope Finch can fulfill his long-cherished wish and win the gold medal. It is best to have a grand slam and one star for friendship....
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Name 2022-04-23 07:03:00
Even if you use feelings to pull everything, even if you are sophisticated, even if Oldman and Amanda shine, they can't hide the boring, cumbersome and old-fashioned...
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Brook 2022-04-23 07:03:00
The first time I saw Finch, I was...
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Zola 2022-04-22 07:01:39
Finch Finch I love you? I still really like (o^^o) The lines are so beautifully written!...
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Emmanuel 2022-04-22 07:01:39
Exquisite photography + well-executed acting + sharp (but slightly scattered) editing, the whole film is full of mockery of the Hollywood system and political games. The metaphor of Don Quixote and the monkey is very interesting...but the contradictions of the whole film and the highlights of the characters themselves are still a bit...
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Meaghan 2022-04-22 07:01:39
Finch gave up a lot of efficient camera language for his father's script, which is also his most distinctive directing style and advantage; many editing and camera design provide significantly less information than most of his films, and the sound is old but not It's a little weird to look old at the picture (black and white doesn't count). The quality of the script itself can't match the gimmicks. Without "Citizen Kane" and the big bosses, producers, and stars of the golden age, the structure...
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Antonio 2022-04-22 07:01:39
2.5. The movie tells a story about the script but its own script is slightly weak. The narrative structure of "Citizen Kane" pays homage to the simplest cross-narrative. It is only a passing glimpse in the too grand movie. It can be seen that it is a satire on the business model behind Hollywood. Neither the screenwriter nor the director has real freedom, and they will always be pawns in the hands of "big men" such as manipulating interests and politics. In general, Finch has too much ambition,...
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Alysha 2022-04-22 07:01:39
The Hollywood version of "Thirteenth Boys in the South China Sea" has the same value as Thirteenth Lang, and they have lost a lot because of these persistence, but they have no regrets. —A rare bird, is that? —A...
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Magnus 2022-03-23 09:02:25
"Mank" on schedule
"Mank" delivered on schedule Mank
Due to the development of the sound film in the late twenties, Manke (Gary Oldman), who was born in New York, was invited to Hollywood to write the screenplay, along with many pens from the East Coast. It is now 1941, and the slightly famous Mank was once again...
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Willa 2022-04-19 09:02:22
Wed 09 in a film about the making of Citizen Kane what else can we see besides Wells
#WednesdayMovie# Issue 09 "Manke" Part2
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Herman Mankiewicz: [referring to "Citizen Kane"] I hope, if this gets made, you'll forgive me.
Marion Davies: And I hope, if it doesn't, you''ll forgive me.
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[a drunken Herman Mankiewicz sits at the corner of a large dinner table at an elaborate costume party, hosted by William Randolph Hearst and Louis B. Mayer. Instead of tinking on a glass to get the guests' attention, he slashes his glass with a knife. Gasps fill the room as he rises from his seat]
Herman Mankiewicz: I've got a great idea for a picture, Louis. A picture I just know you're gonna love. It's a modern day version of Quixote!
[Mank realizes his voice echoes through the room, but he continues, circling the table full of silent guests]
Herman Mankiewicz: Now I know none of you read, but you know what it's about. A deluded old nobleman, who tilts at windmills. So how might we update this story?
Butler: [whispers to Hearst] Do you want me to get someone?
William Randolph Hearst: No.
Herman Mankiewicz: How about we make our Quixote... a newspaperman? Who else could make a living tilting at windmills? But that's not enough... no, he wants more than readership. He wants more than adulation, he wants love. So, he runs for public office, and because he's notably rich, he wins... no, w-w-w-wait a minute. Notably rich and powerful, can't win over an audience unless notably rich and powerful sees the error of his ways in the final reel. Notably rich and powerful and making no goddamn excuses for it is only admirable in real life. Isn't that right, Louis?
[Mayer glares at Mank as he drunkenly attempts to light his cigarette with the massive fireplace at the end of the room, unsuccessfully. Marion Davies takes a swig of her drink]
Herman Mankiewicz: So what do we do? Anybody? We give him ideals! Ideals that any dirt-poor, depression-weary audience can identify with. Our Quixote is against crooked trusts, he's for the eight-hour workday, fair income tax, better schools. Why, he's even for government ownership of railroads. And you know what we call those people?
Male Guest: Communists!
Female Guest: Anarchists!
Herman Mankiewicz: No, our Quixote, he's a two-fisted muckraker. In fact, someone predicts that he will one day win the presidency and bring about, get this...
[laughing uncontrollably]
Herman Mankiewicz: ... a socialist revolution!
Louis B. Mayer: What a bunch of bullshit.
Herman Mankiewicz: Is it? Tell him, Willie. Tell him.
[Silence]
Herman Mankiewicz: Upton Sinclair used exactly those words to describe a young William Randolph Hearst.
Louis B. Mayer: [leaping from his seat] You miserable bastard!
Herman Mankiewicz: [bowing] How do you do?
[Some guests begin to leave the room, but Hearst's and Mayer's eyes stay on Mank]
Herman Mankiewicz: Our Quixote, he hungers, he thirsts, he lusts for the voters to love him, love him enough to make him president, but they won't. And they don't. How do you suppose that could happen? Could it be because, in their hearts, they know he values power over people?
[More guests leave as Mank approaches Hearst, still seated]
Herman Mankiewicz: Disillusioned in Congress, he authors not one single piece of legislation in two terms. Can you believe that? That'll take some writing. Placed in nomination for president... it's too radical for the boys in the back, his bid goes nowhere! But we're doing something. We're building sympathy!
[Even more guests leave]
Herman Mankiewicz: Rejected, he flees to lotus land, where his faithful troll, Sancho, has prepared a mythical kingdom for...
[Mank eyes Davies, stopping himself totally]
Herman Mankiewicz: Wait a minute. I forgot the love interest! Her name: Dulcinea.
[Every remaining head in the room turns to Davies]
Herman Mankiewicz: Funny, adventurous, smarter than she acts. Ah, she's a... she's a showgirl! Beneath his social stratum, but that's okay because true love on the big screens, we all know is blind. And she... well, she loves him, too. So he takes her away to his m-mythical kingdom,
[to butler]
Herman Mankiewicz: can I get a bicarb?
[back to the guests]
Herman Mankiewicz: Now, along comes nemesis, that's Greek for any guy in a black hat, nemesis runs for governor, and he's a shoo-in to win. Why?
[points to Hearst]
Herman Mankiewicz: Because he's EXACTLY what our Don used to be! An idealist, ya get it? And not only that, nemesis is the same guy who once predicted that our Quixote would one day preside over a socialist revolution. Our Quixote looks into the mirror of his youth and decides to break this glass, a maddening reminder of who he once was. Assisted by his faithful Sancho
[pointing to Mayer]
Herman Mankiewicz: and armed w-with all the black magic at his command, he does just this. Destroying, in the process, not one man... but two.
[Hearst is clearly furious, but maintains his composure]
Herman Mankiewicz: Well, what do ya think, Louis? Hm? Do ya think it'll play?
[Mank finally belches onto the floor. Any guest who hasn't already left does so]
Herman Mankiewicz: Don't worry, folks. The white wine came up with the fish!
