Fincher made a whole movie look like 1940—this is how he pulled it off.
Join acclaimed director David Fincher, actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and the cast and crew of MANK, for a peek behind the curtain of Netflix's black-and-white ode to Hollywood's Golden Age.
Cinematography
Digital fakery so good it fooled actual film purists.
Production
Built a 1930s soundstage to shoot a fake 1930s soundstage. Unhinged.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fincher shot on RED digital then added scratches, gate weave, and density flicker—essentially vandalizing pristine footage to achieve 'authentic' decay.
This doc exists largely because Fincher couldn't stop talking about his rigged lighting system that eliminated period-appropriate rigging shadows. The man has a condition.
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