One thought that didn't make it into the piece is that although the screenplay for Mank was written in 1990s, I'm wondering if project wasn't revived now because of new political salience:https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/mank-welles-mankiewicz-kane/ …
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"cinematic flare" - or is it flair? I understand your text is intended as something of a corrective for the critics' traditional oversight of the political dimension. But an overtly political Kane as you describe it would definitely be nowhere near as interesting as it is.
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An overtly political film would not have drawn Kane such as he is shown: a profoundly tragic figure, more or less trapped by class conventions into a hollow, unhappy life he attempts to fill by material acquisition and power over others. Whatever he is, he's not a figure of scorn
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