Let's Talk About Mank and Citizen Kane?!
02/16/21 • 20 min
"Why are you so obsessed with me?" - William Randolph Hearst on 'Citizen Kane' and 'Mank.' Two movies released almost 80 years apart share a couple of key players: Herman Mankiewicz and William Randolph Hearst. What did Hearst think of "Charles Foster Kane" and how was Mank warned about his script and its implications?
"Why are you so obsessed with me?" - William Randolph Hearst on 'Citizen Kane' and 'Mank.' Two movies released almost 80 years apart share a couple of key players: Herman Mankiewicz and William Randolph Hearst. What did Hearst think of "Charles Foster Kane" and how was Mank warned about his script and its implications?
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