對白寫得太棒了東北往事第二季最后Hearst講的那個the organ grinder's monkey的故事就像Mank說的那樣是“operaSara對Mank的告白好感人:I suppose because being married to you, Herman, I'm never bored. Exhuasted, yes. Exasperated, usually. But having devoted so much, I have to stick around to see how it all turns out.
In terms of cast, it has to be said that Gary Oldman looks nothing like Herman Mankiewicz. The olde visuals seem to be the main reason to watch this film, and its this smokey, shadowy, cigarette-burnt, ’40s aesthetic that’s the film’s only positive. The fact that a film about a writer (which intermittently includes script elements) isn’t particularly well written is ironic to say the least. This is basically another love letter to Hollywood’s “great past like Quentin Tarantino‘s similarly critically overrated shite-fest OUATIH. It's a black and white ode to a period of time that only a select few give a toss about; it’s made for film students, cinephiles, and pompous critics.