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Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 30
Released: 2019-04-23
Running Time: 21 Minutes
Studios: The Criterion Collection,
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.