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Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

| 23 April 2019 (USA)

In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the Post-HUAC Films', discusses the origins of the Lonesome Rhodes character in the biographies of populist celebrities such as Will Rogers and Arthur Godfrey. He also addresses the political implications of 'A Face in the Crowd' (1957) within the context of Kazan's career.

Catangro

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Micah Lloyd

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Patience Watson

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable