The Films of Fincher — Part 10: Mank (2020)
3 min readDec 7, 2020
In anticipation of this film I have been revisiting and reflecting on (almost) all of David Fincher’s filmography. The previous entry was Gone Girl (2014).
What does it mean to stand against systemic corruption, only to be crushed by one’s own? To be at the mercy of one’s own addiction while contributing to a creative enterprise that only rewards the merciless?
These are the questions and concerns at the center of David Fincher’s latest film, and rarest of character studies — Mank. Though it has not been advertised as such, Mank…
