Nov 2020: Mank, Tenet & Passion Projects

There is a direct line from David Fincher's new movie Mank, about how Upton Sinclair's run for political office inspired the writing of Citizen Kane, and our podcast, as Sinclair wrote Oil! which led PTA to write There Will Be Blood, which led your fave movie podcast hosts to 'write' There Will Be Pod. To unpack the Citizen Kane of 2020 movies, John Gilpatrick (@johnlgilpatrick) joins Av & Sam to tackle director David Fincher's cinematic take on the writing of Citizen Kane, Mank (16:50). Having caught up on Nolan's Tenet (6:30), we also run down the best and worst of celebrated directors' passion projects (40:20). John's film commentary can also be found on his movie podcast Its The Pictures (@Itsthepicpod) and his website, http://www.johnlikesmovies.com/.

Outre: “Charlie Kane,” adapted for Citizen Kane (1941) by Bernard Hermann, lyrics by Herman Ruby, sung by Harry Bailey and a bevy of chorus girls in Citizen Kane (1941). Based on the Mexican folk song 'A Poco No,' by Pepe Guizar.