Film
Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
2019 · 21m · Documentary
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Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
- Issa ClubbProducer
- Peter BeckerExecutive Producer
- Kim HendricksonExecutive Producer
- Fumiko TakagiExecutive Producer
- Jonathan TurellExecutive Producer
- Stephen GurewitzEditor
Details
- Release date
- April 23, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genres
- Documentary
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