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Nov 18, 2020 · In the movie, Mankiewicz harbors deep wounds over Upton Sinclair's election loss. The film uses William Randolph Hearst's funding of staged newsreels that discredited Sinclair as motivation for Mankiewicz's unsavory characterization of Hearst in his Citizen Kane screenplay. Yet, there's no historical evidence to suggest this was the reason ...
Dec 4, 2020 · The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained. The new Netflix movie is about Hollywood politics and critical arguments that span decades. Behind ...
Apr 19, 2021 · To twist the knife, Mank invents two major plot points: First, that Mankiewicz gave Thalberg the idea to hire paid actors to play “real” Sinclair voters—“You can make people believe that ...
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Dec 9, 2020 · The central element of Mank is Herman Mankiewicz’s political awakening, thanks to Mayer’s and Hearst’s fake newsreels that spread misinformation and fear about Upton Sinclair’s socialist ...
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Dec 5, 2020 · A “radical” Socialist who rebranded his public works programs in a way that appealed to hundreds of thousands of hungry and work-starved post-Depression Californians, Sinclair might have won ...
Dec 17, 2020 · Upton Sinclair, who can be credited for paving the history for Democratic candidature in California, has a prominent and resonant role in David Fincher’s Mank, as Herman is slowly inspired by not only Hearst’s immorality but also the entire conservative and radical agendas he represents. Like Sinclair, Herman Mankiewicz is fighting in an industry laden with wealthy sharks, trying to find a ...
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Dec 4, 2020 · The Hollywood bigwigs who work with Mankiewicz throw their all behind Republican candidate Frank Merriam, Sinclair's opponent. Mankiewicz's friend, director Shelly Metcalf (Jamie McShane), is so ...
