How Variety Covered the Era of ‘Citizen Kane’ and Herman J. Mankiewicz

The new Netflix movie Mank, which is becoming an awards season favorite, tells the story of the making of the classic film Citizen Kane.

Coming off a Best Actor Oscar win for Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman had a lot of choices but following up that remarkable portrait of Winston Churchill during the war years with another real life figure , an alcoholic screenwriter from Hollywood’s golden era , could not be more of a polar opposite.

, chronicles the development of the screenplay for, often considered American cinema’s greatest film. While David Fincher’s black-and-white feature details the making of Orson Welles’ silver screen debut, ET’s final interview with the iconoclast sheds light on the aftermath of his breakout success in Hollywood.“My first picture would never have been made, never in a million years, if the producer had lived in Hollywood.

David Fincher’s “Mank” starring Gary Oldman, hews to that version of the story, which is still disputed by many others. Herman’s late son, Frank, also thought his dad deserved all the credit in his 2016 memoir “So As I Was Saying .

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFor all the piles of research and miles of column inches that have been devoted to it, the controversy over the creative authorship of “Citizen Kane” — a kerfuffle that’s now 50 years old, and one that’s been given new heat by the release of David Fincher’s “Mank” — would seem to revolve around a relatively simple question: Who wrote “Citizen Kane”? Was it Herman J.

Mark David Donald Robertson may not be a household name in the entertainment industry vein of, say, Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian or Pharrell Williams, but all three superstars are said to be big fans of the artist and veteran creative visionary who currently serves as the creative director for Estee Lauder Companies and is known in beau monde social media circles as “the Andy Warhol of Instagram” for his whimsical pop art inspired postings that have drawn in almost a quarter million followers (and

(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen David Fincher’s “Mank.”)In David Fincher’s “Mank,” Lily Collins’ character Rita Alexander hears that her boss, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, helped 100 people flee out of Nazi Germany.

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