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Fincher displays a cross-section of a 1930’s Hollywood as he focuses on the detail and aesthetic of the beautiful time capsule, forgetting somewhere along the way that imitating Mankiewicz’s work isn’t enough to be captivating.
In 1942, Citizen Kane was nominated for nine Oscars yet won only one, the award for Best Original Screenplay being shared between writer and director Orson Welles and writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. Although it was beaten in every other category (including Outstanding Motion Picture), Welles’s first outing into cinema has since become the picture of perfection; consistently voted by critics as the greatest film of all time in