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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Mank’
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Mank. The man who wrote “Citizen Kane.”
Tell me you’ve never seen “Citizen Kane.” Of course you have. Turner Classics runs it almost monthly.
MOVIE INFO
Biography, comedy, drama
1930’s 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.
Length: 131 minutes
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins |
You’ve seen the young Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane rip up a bedroom in one long take, clutter up Hearst Castle with art from all Europe, run for public office and be smashed to the ground.
Collecting Antique Oriental Carpets
Detail from High-Collectible Fachralo Kazak, ca. 1850 (left); La Orana Maria, Paul Gauguin, 1888 evokes the color palette used in 19th century rugs (right)
By Jan David Winitz
OAKLAND, CA
.- Throughout the ages, art collectors, including well-known historic figures such as William Randolph Hearst and John D. Rockefeller, have been drawn to the wonders of antique Oriental carpets. As early as the 16th century, King Henry VIII was reportedly in competition with Cardinal Woolsey for the best rugs coming from the Ottoman Empire of Turkey and from Persia. Other notable collectors in the late 19th and early 20th century ranged from Sigmund Freud to Mark Twain to heiress Doris Duke.
Rating: 3/5
Fincher displays a cross-section of a 1930’s Hollywood as he focuses on the detail and aesthetic of the beautiful time capsule, forgetting somewhere along the way that imitating Mankiewicz’s work isn’t enough to be captivating.
In 1942, Citizen Kane was nominated for nine Oscars yet won only one, the award for Best Original Screenplay being shared between writer and director Orson Welles and writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. Although it was beaten in every other category (including Outstanding Motion Picture), Welles’s first outing into cinema has since become the picture of perfection; consistently voted by critics as the greatest film of all time in
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