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Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd' (2019)

Documentary · 21m

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.

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Cast

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Ron Briley Self

Crew

Editor
Stephen Gurewitz
Producer
Issa Clubb

Details

Release date
2019-04-23
Runtime
21m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Criterion Collection