Robert Carringer

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Citizen Kane (1941).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Herman Mankiewicz: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapting lived experience) · through Citizen Kane (1941), which they were tied to as author, 'The Making of Citizen Kane': Herman Mankiewicz ⇒ Citizen Kane (the host's read). Sean says Citizen Kane is Welles adapting an experience Herman Mankiewicz had inside the Hearst circle.
    “so in a way, this is him adapting an experience that Herman Mankowitz had”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:41:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Pauline Kael: 1 line

  1. unmapped (rebuttal) · them, directly: Pauline Kael ⇒ Robert Carringer (the host's read). Carringer's book is recommended as the definitive text debunking Kael's Raising Kane.
    “That's the book that is like the definitive text that debunks Kale's book”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:42:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

William Randolph Hearst: 1 line

  1. unmapped (subject) · through Citizen Kane (1941), which they were tied to as author, 'The Making of Citizen Kane': William Randolph Hearst ⇒ Citizen Kane (the host's read). Mankiewicz's script was a thinly veiled attack on his friend Hearst.
    “I'm going to make fun of my my pal, Jordan, you know, William Randall first.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:39:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Mank (2020): 2 lines

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Citizen Kane (1941), which they were tied to as author, 'The Making of Citizen Kane': Citizen Kane ⇒ Mank (the maker said so: David's interview with cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt). Messerschmidt told the interviewer he wanted low, deep-focus photography evoking Citizen Kane, not noir.
    “He's like, no, I want to do it low to the ground, lots of deep focus, evoking citizen Kane.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:13:08 · David Sims (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (subject / source) · through Citizen Kane (1941), which they were tied to as author, 'The Making of Citizen Kane': Citizen Kane ⇒ Mank (the host's read). Mank is partly inspired by Pauline Kael's essay on who truly authored Citizen Kane.
    “it's in part inspired by that very famous Pauline Kale, story raising Kane, about the true authorship of Citizen Kane”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:58:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Oh Father (Madonna video): 1 line

  1. unmapped (tribute) · through Citizen Kane (1941), which they were tied to as author, 'The Making of Citizen Kane': Citizen Kane ⇒ Oh Father (Madonna video) (the host's read). Oh Father is called Fincher's first Citizen Kane tribute.
    “This was his 1st Citizen Kane tribute.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:17:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (rebuttal): Pauline Kael → Robert Carringer. Carringer's book is recommended as the definitive text debunking Kael's Raising Kane.
    “That's the book that is like the definitive text that debunks Kale's book”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:42:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

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