Today we are going to be going over Mank, which is a truly impressive film. It starts out as a film about Tinseltown it slowly transitions into a movie about politics and in that transition it becomes more meaningful but also less entertaining. The first third of mank is for everyone by the time you get to the end of mank a lot of people might have stopped watching it due to lack of interest. But that's what some people say about the greatest of art, that it challenges you and disgust some people and manks definitely up there. But how can you not love a movie where bill Nye the science guy has a brief but brilliant cameo as Upton Sinclair the Bernie Sanders of the 1930's. By far the most impressive thing about mank to me is how it recreates classic filmmaking. It is a shame to me and quit tragic that people do not appreciate classic cinema. And then Hollywood one of the reasons that you know I like the nostalgia kick in bringing back franchises but I'd really dislike remaking classic films. Because the originals are amazing, there is really no need to remake. You would think you can't do that anymore, capture that classic Hollywood magic. But in Mank David Fincher proves that you still very much can. David Fincher doesn't just recreate classic movie making in terms of directing and cinematography, by the way if you noticed that he has that mark you know for the real change that he highlighted in his own fight club. And also the sound quality, it sounds like a classic film in terms of the recording.Which is incredible since its such a attention to detail but also the acting. I want to call out in particular Lily Collins and Tom Pelfrey who were able to recreate the diction and physicality of 1930's and 1940's acting. It was amazing how they did, there are points watching mank and its such a cool trick to pull off, that if you didn't know you were looking at a modern day actor you could swear you were actually watching a classic film. The other thing that makes the biggest impression here is how mank highlights that the more things change the more they stay the same. I mean there is the great depression here which is effecting the movie business in similar ways to the pandemic is today. And than even more importantly it highlights how Hollywood was mixed up in politics even back in the 1930's. And the conversations, dirty tricks and smear campaigns used in this movie. Mirrored today so closely that it's shocking. Now I am not going to say anything more as I have already said a lot but if you want to watch this I would. Its very good and if you can watch it till the end thats very good to as not everyone is as interested in the politics side of thigns as others. So thats why people most likely lost interest. Yet this film was amazing and definitely worth it to watch.
