Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd' (2019)
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.
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Jason Everett
Gabriel Chávez
Lee Kline
Angie Bucknell
Fumiko Takagi
Kim Hendrickson
Issa Clubb
Ryan Hullings
Jason Everett
Vassilis Fotopoulos
Julie Sussman
Stephen Gurewitz
Peter Becker
Jonathan Turell
Giles Sherwood
Andrew Alvarez
Stéphane Pecharman
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Ron Briley
Self
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