Extended Reading
  • Dayne 2022-04-20 09:01:59

    The perspective is chaotic, the structure is ambiguous, the characters are instrumentalized, the era is filmed, and the historical plot is dramatic. There is no reflection, no choice, no attitude or stand, the Great Depression and World War II are just irrelevant lines, so why does Manke drink alcohol and just like it? 130 minutes of Mank is not as solid as a few minutes of Faulkner in Button Funk.

  • Russell 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    The film itself is great Amanda is beautiful but it's a little too difficult for me to understand every line

Mank quotes

  • Charles Lederer: Sorry. Somebody told me Mankiewicz was in here.

    Joe Mankiewicz: He is. I'm the promising brother, Joe.

    Charles Lederer: I didn't know Herman had a brother.

    Joe Mankiewicz: Neither does anyone else. Let me guess. "There are millions to be made, and your only competition is idiots," stop.

    Charles Lederer: How did you know?

    Joe Mankiewicz: I hate to tell you, anyone who can rub three words together and make a sentence gets one.

  • Title Card: In 1940, at the tender age of 24, Orson Wells was lured to Hollywood by a struggling RKO Pictures with a contract befitting his formidable storytelling talents. He was given absolute creative autonomy, would suffer no oversight, and could make any movie, about any subject, with any collaborator he wished...