Tom Pelphrey interpreta Joseph L. Mankiewicz in Mank, il nuovo film di David Fincher che ricostruisce le vicende dietro alla produzione di Quarto Potere di Orson Welles. Questa la nostra intervista all'attore. Mank arriva il 4 dicembre su Netflix.
00:00So, Tom, nice to meet you. I know I'm the first one today, so welcome.
00:07So, Tom, you are a mankowitz too, but you seem to be more wise, even if you are the younger.
00:18And you came inside the movie with what we call an entrance, with a car in the middle of nowhere.
00:25So tell me, who is your character?
00:27Yeah, so Joe Mankowitz is Herman's younger brother, and he was about 12 years younger, and he very much just adored and looked up to Herman.
00:38You know, he wanted to follow in his footsteps in every way, and Herman was the one who eventually, you know, brought Joe out to Los Angeles to come work with him and write in Hollywood.
00:47And obviously, you know, Herman had some demons that were harder for him to control that Joe didn't have as many of.
00:57You know, and I feel like in this movie, what we really get to see is a younger brother who really loves his older brother, you know, which is exciting to play.
01:09And there is a lot of Shakespeare inside the movie.
01:15As I say to the press office, Shakespeare will be happy about it because Mank is a tragedy, it's a comedy, it's a costume movie.
01:24What do you think about this comparison?
01:25I love that, I mean, obviously, the film and the script is so intelligent.
01:33I mean, it's such a, to me, Mank is incredible on so many levels, but one of them is the love of words.
01:42You know, the love of speaking, it just comes through.
01:45And it's so right to do it in this, in this film, in my opinion, because that's what, that's what Mank was.
01:51That's what Herman was.
01:52He was the lover of words, you know, he was this New York critic and, and, and magazine writer and playwright.
01:59And, and he comes to Hollywood and he brings that with him.
02:02And, and so the, the fact that the movie's done in that style is like a, it's like a, a hat in a hat, you know, it's like, it's, it's true to the character and I love it.
02:13We all studied Citizen King at the university.
02:18And now I'm here talking about another movie based on the making of another movie.
02:24So I think this is the beauty, the true beauty of magic of cinema, you know, the unexpected.
02:32So what is for you the, the true magic of cinema?
02:41This is a tough one.
02:43I think, I think when it, when it, when it gets us in our heart, you know, like when it, when it, whatever it is for, for, for whoever we are, that when it can open our heart a bit, you know, and, and make us feel connected and seen and heard and less separate.
03:01But, you know, we could, we could, we could all use more of that right now, less separate, right?
03:06Like more together, more on the same team.
03:09And I think it's such a beautiful medium.
03:11I love stories and it's such a powerful way to tell stories to a large audience.
03:16How important is cinema, hard to, to, to overtake this, especially these days, you know, in your opinion?
03:28It's vital.
03:29It's vital.
03:30You know, if you think about what is, what is cinema, what, what our film, it's just, we're just telling stories, right?
03:35And we've been doing that longer than we've been doing anything.
03:38I think it's literally hardwired into our brains and appreciation for story and narrative and understanding of meaning and complexity, like that we can see ourselves outside of ourselves in a way that helps us understand ourselves better.
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