‘Mank’ Featurette Goes Behind The Scenes Of David Fincher’s Ode To Classic Hollywood
Netflix takes you behind the black-and-white curtain of David Fincher’s ode to Classic Hollywood with a newly releasedMankfeaturette, dropped online just as awards season is beginning to ramp up. WhileMankwaseffectively shut out of the Golden GlobesSunday night, winning none of its six nominations, Netflix hasn’t lost heart for the Oscar chances of the black-and-white drama. Watch theMankfeaturette below.
Mank Featurette: Behind the Scenes
Hollywood loves their movies about movies, and now you can see how such a film was made with the new 28-minuteMankfeaturette, which goes behind the scenes of the making of David Fincher’s latest film. Penned by his fatherJack Fincher,Mankis Fincher’s passion project that he had been working on since at least 1997, but only now had the chance to make. In the featurette, Fincher speaks about how he persuaded his late father to write the screenplay, and the work and strain that went into making a movie so dedicated to looking and sounding like a film from the 1930s.
Whether you love or hate the film, you can’t deny Netflix’sOscar hopes forMank, the streamer throwing its weight behind Fincher’s black-and-white ode to not only Hollywood, but the screenwriting process, warts and all. WithMankrounding out an all-star group of Oscar contenders like Aaron Sorkin’sThe Trial of the Chicago 7, Spike Lee’sDa 5 Bloods, and George C. Wolfe’sMa Rainey’s Black Bottom, Netflix has several shots to win Best Picture. Of the contenders,Mank— as a movie about the movie industry — has the most chance to ride the buzz all the way to the Oscars, hence Netflix dropping 28-minute featurettes like the one above on YouTube.
Gary Oldmanstars as Mankiewicz, withTom Burkeplaying Orson Welles,Amanda Seyfriedas Marion Davies,Lily Collinsas Rita Alexander,Arliss Howardas Louis B. Mayer,Charles Danceas William Randolph Hearst,Tom Pelphreyas Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz,Joseph Crossas Charles Lederer,Craig Robert Youngas Charlie Chaplin,Sebastian Faureas Clark Gable,Michelle Twarowskaas Joan Crawford,Scarlet Cummingsas Bette Davis,Natalie Denise Sperlas Greta Garbo,Trevor Wooldridgeas Darryl F. Zanuck,Ferdinand Kingsleyas Irving Thalberg, andToby Leonard Mooreas David O. Selznick.
Here is the (brief) synopsis forMank:
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles.
