Mank dives into Citizen Kane screenwriter controversy
December 4, 2020 8:53:56 am
Mank will stream on Netflix. (Photo: Netflix)
Mank, which starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, takes audiences back to Hollywood’s golden era of the 1930s with a look at the making of one of the film industry’s most-celebrated gems.
Shot in black and white, Mank focuses on writer Herman J. Mankiewicz as he works on 1941 cinema classic Citizen Kane, considered by many the greatest movie of all time. Mankiewicz and director Orson Welles battled over who would be credited for the screenplay.
Mank is directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay penned by his father, Jack, who died in 2003. Fincher said he wanted the movie to bring to life the process of filmmaking and the colorful personalities behind it.
“This was a really wonderful sandbox,” Fincher said at a recent online screening of Mank.
