Watch Mank 2020 123movies, Full Movie Online – 1940. Film studio RKO hires 24-year-old wunderkind Orson Welles under a contract that gives him full creative control of his movies. For his first film, he calls in washed-up alcoholic Herman J Mankiewicz to write the screenplay. That film is “Citizen Kane,” and this is the story of how it was written..
Plot: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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Rather than a burst of cinematic energy, ‘Mank’ is a considered, meticulous, subtle and ultimately furious film, one that continues to grow in your mind hours after seeing it. Even after two viewings, I can still hear my mind chewing over every second, my heart quietly racing as I consider its individual moments of genius. This isn’t some nostalgic elegy to a great film or a great artist, but a damning portrait of how systems of power can be misused, and how good men find themselves complicit. It speaks ferociously to our contemporary world, and reminds us of the important role of art in a functioning society. In that sense, ‘Mank’ isn’t a film about cinema; it’s a film that asks what the point of cinema even is. It’s a powerful, rebellious question to ask, and the kind of question only a filmmaker as skilled as David Fincher would dare to, and the imagination to find the answer. In the process, he may have just delivered the best film of the year.
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A fascinating look about what supposedly went into ‘Citizen Kane’.‘Mank’, a biopic about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, is a very good watch. A lot goes on and it’s pretty much all interesting to see, admittedly you’d need to have seen the 1941 film. I like that they done this in a non-linear format and in black-and-white, à la in ’41.
Kudos to the cast. Gary Oldman (Herman) is impressive, I did feel he was overacting – likewise with Amanda Seyfried (Marion) – just a little bit in parts but for the vast, vast majority he (and she) is top notch. Arliss Howard (Mayer), Lily Collins (Rita) and a few others are also pleasing to watch.
This is not Fincher
Th movie is a mess. Every single review I have read says it is a masterpiece or the best Fincher movie ever. There’s no element that point to the director signature. It is a bland, predictable, boring and poorly acted film. The B&W only exacerbates how bland this film is. The constant flashback gimmick is tiresome. The extreme manerism and vintage vocalizations from actors is distracting and take performances from fully develope. It is not historically accurate, but Oliver Stone’s JFK proved a film can create it’s own aspect of reality by giving a tour de force, Mank is just it’s own aspect of reality in a wheelchair, overweight and on sleeping pills. Where is the Social Network fast violent pace? Where is Gone Girl political incorrection? Where is Seven drama and surprise? Nowhere. This felt like a documentary with situation re-enactments.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 11 min (131 min)
Budget 25000000
Revenue 122252
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director David Fincher
Writer Jack Fincher
Actors Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins
Country United States
Awards Won 2 Oscars. 58 wins & 268 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1
Camera Red Ranger Helium Monochrome, Leitz Summilux-C Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem nextLAB (dailies by), Light Iron, Los Angeles (CA), USA (digital intermediate), PIX System, San Francisco (CA), USA (additional dailies services)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Dolby Vision, Redcode RAW (8K) (source format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema, Video (UHD)