The approach to a thriller depends on perspective. The consequence of action usually depends on the efficiency of concept and the relationship of the protagonist to the audience. In David Fincher's "The Killer" written by Se7en's Andrew Kevin Walker, it takes both perspectives.

With "Mank", Fincher stepped out of his comfort zone on the extreme petulance at times of the human condition and places it more squarely in the notion of talent versus self-loathing. His father wrote the script of Herman Mankewicz, a gifted writer, who was always on the periphery of greatness.