*** MANK *** (David Fincher)

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Alright this Snyder Cut hype has gotten out of control
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https://thefincheranalyst.com/2020/10/25/cbs-news-sunday-morning-mank-and-the-writer-behind-citizen-kane/
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I have loved most Fincher movies, but I can't see a way that I'll enjoy this.

It seems like you'd have to have some real knowledge, awareness and appreciation for that era, the characters, and Citizen Kane no? Similar to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in that respect?
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross doing the soundtrack so that will be good as well. Website is really cool.

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https://www.thewrap.com/david-fincher-mank-oscar-contender/
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How does one know if they're a cinephile?
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Ask yourself these two questions:

1) Do you typically seek out indies over mainstream fare?

2) Are you obsessively into movies pre-1980s?

For the record, I don't consider myself a cinephile. I love the hype, marketing, and anticipation of movies. I love *going* to movies. And I love studying modern movies in general. But while I've seen a decent amount of older movies, there's SO MUCH I haven't seen, and I've never been one to obsess over classic Hollywood either.
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Love Fincher but wouldn't consider myself a cinephile at all. Still looking forward to this.
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Out today.

Watching Citizen Kane Friday night, followed by Mank Saturday night.
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TCTTS said:

Out today.

Watching Citizen Kane Friday night, followed by Mank Saturday night.

I watched Citizen Kane this week too! Outside of watching that movie I'm not too familiar with that area of Hollywood but I'm optimistic it will help with the Mank story.
Citizen Kane was a good rewatch too. I really enjoyed this go rounds old Leland in the nursing home and him jonesing for a cigar and making rude comments about the nurses.
Does anyone know toward the very end of the movie, right before he destroyed Susan room, there is a flash of a cockatoo bird and a very loud screech. Scared the **** out of me Ha! Seemed so out of place.
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Nice. Yeah, I'm not too familiar with that era of Hollywood either, and haven't seen Citizen Kane since college, over 15 years ago. So I'm looking forward to my rewatch. I've heard it definitely helps in terms of watching Mank.
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Citizen Kane is on HBOMax if anyone is looking
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Damn, that sucks to hear. I had some work stuff come up today, so I still haven't seen it yet. With Nomadland tomorrow, will probably be Monday now...
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Didn't enjoy Mank at all, but I want to watch Citizen Cane and then rewatch Mank to see if having that context helps.

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I'm a little over halfway through, but need to call it a night and finish tomorrow. I actually decided not to re-watch Citizen Kane first. I wanted to be able to judge Mank on its own merits, and so far I'm into it. But I totally get not being on fire for it - I'm not either - as it's super niche, to the point where I'm kind of shocked it even got made. But man, it looks INCREDIBLE, the made-in-the-'30s gimmick works better than I thought it would, there are some really great sequences so far, and I love the structure. That said, the stakes have only *just* begun, over halfway through, as it's been more of a commentary than anything up to this point. Granted, it's commentary that feels relevant and actually does make me want to do some research when I'm done, go back, and watch the whole thing again. Will see how I feel when I've finished this initial viewing, though.
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