Even 9 years after the Best Picture Winning The Artist, black and white films seem like an impossibility. But thanks to David Fincher who we haven't seen behind the camera for six years his previous film being 2014s psychological thriller Gone Girl. His latest - Mank is a film that's both nigh impossible and is yet a miracle of a film, his skills behind the camera pop out once again, as Mank with its black and white often dark picturing sets the tone that it feels like if feels like it was filmed in the early 40s, plus it might be hard to spot at times but you can even hear the static of an old fashioned cinema projector. It's almost as if the Golden age of 30s Hollywood is relived in thriving life. And with Gary Oldman's brilliant Oscar worthy performance he brings his Herman Mankiewicz to life in glorious tones that are humorous, rustic and even sounds close to his Darkest Hour performance, not that, that is in any way a bad thing. As he races to write his masterpiece, Citizen Kane. Granted Mank is a little slow as it takes a long time for it to finally kick in but again that's not bad either because as it's set in the 40s it feels as if Fincher filmed it with all the time in the world. And thanks to Jack Fincher's (David's late father) sharply written, Mank like Citizen Kane 79 years before it will become a classic in its own right, a film like is rare and to exist at a time like this is nothing short of a miracle. 5/5. Fincher does it again. A must see.
Review of Mank
