EPISODE · Dec 18, 2020 · 1H 4M
Episode 155: Mank
from The Rewind · host Josh Jurnovoy
Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to talk about the newest film from Netflix and David Fincher, "Mank." They discuss how effective writer Jack Fincher was in telling the story of Herman Mankiewicz becoming disillusioned from William Randolph Hearst, leading to the writing of "Citizen Kane," how it showed economic struggle that echoes what America is experiencing in 2020, whether Fake News started in movie studios in the 1930s, David's decision to make the film look like a movie that was made in the time period in which it was set and much more!
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Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to talk about the newest film from Netflix and David Fincher, "Mank." They discuss how effective writer Jack Fincher was in telling the story of Herman Mankiewicz becoming disillusioned from William Randolph Hearst, leading to the writing of "Citizen Kane," how it showed economic struggle that echoes what America is experiencing in 2020, whether Fake News started in movie studios in the 1930s, David's decision to make the film look like a movie that was made in the time period in which it was set and much more!
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