The Royal Ocean Film Society

the controversy behind David Fincher's MANK (2020x16)

Air date: Nov 30, 2020

In 1971, film critic Pauline Kael started a firestorm with her claim that Orson Welles did not have a hand in writing CITIZEN KANE and stole credit from the film's true creative visionary, Herman Mankiewicz. Let's dive into Kael's claims and see just how close to the truth they really are.