DECRYPTION – Mank and Chicago Seven are ahead of studio films in a year marked by theatrical closures and the breakthrough of a trio of female filmmakers: Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell and Regina King. Unheard of for this ceremony to be held on February 28! In a year of pandemic marked by long months of […]
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Mank: back in the Hollywood past
By paying tribute to the author of Citizen Kane, David Fincher delivers a beautiful, nostalgic and disenchanted film. The writings remain; the writers pass. David Fincher repairs this injustice. It pays homage to Herman J. Mankiewicz who was the author of Citizen Kane. In 1940, Orson Welles had locked the writer on a remote ranch, […]
David Fincher: an alien of American cinema
VIDEO – Admirer of Orson Welles’ famous film, Citizen Kane, the director paints a striking portrait of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Back on a long history. Wednesday, November 25, 6 p.m. in Paris, 9 a.m. in Los Angeles. Over the phone, David Fincher has a neutral voice, neither mushy nor cheerful. Difficult to say if […]