Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957) and the Pre-American New Wave

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Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg will always be controversial staples of cinema. Likewise, they will always be among the greats thanks to the stories they brought to the screen. I break down their all too relevant 1957 drama "A Face in the Crowd" starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Lee Remick. I also argue for a pre-American New Wave movement that took place in Hollywood during the late 1950s after communist scare and Hollywood Blacklist done by the McCarthy era: boxd.it/npMCK
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@500midnightmary Год назад

I have always been fascinated by this movie. I don't understand how it could have been so forgotten.

@toyiahm Год назад

I agree! It blows my mind that it’s not talked about more

@joebikeguy6669 Год назад

I really enjoyed this. I have always been an Andy Griffith fan and he was great in this movie. I saw "A Face in the Crowd" and I also read Schulberg's short story, "The Arkansas Traveller" from which the movie was adapted. One minor niggle . . . Joe McCarthy was a senator and HUAC was a committee in the US House Of Representatives. Anyhoo , , , nice work and good luck with the channel. Regards.

@nolagospeltracts8264 6 дней назад

very good analysis. Discovered this film from the book "Cult Movies" by Danny Peary

@danielgregg2530 Год назад

Elia Kazan proves again that he was no slouch . . . and it is great to listen to a professionally written review on the internet for a change.

@RichCarlson-xf1tv Год назад

The movie had a simple message: DON'T BE LIKE LONESOME RHODES. And yet we see so many people who are just like him - charming, yet abusive and manipulative. My favorite part of the movie was when the public turned on him in droves after his on-air blunder. Good review:)

@robertguttman1487 4 месяца назад

A couple of aspects of this movie that I think the presenter overlooked are the fact that "Vitajex" was based upon a REAL patent medicine product and "Lonesome Roads" was based upon a REAL television personality. The name of the real product was "Geritol" and the real television personality was Arthur Godfrey, who hawked Geritol ("America's Favorite Tonic") on his program. Budd Schulberg was a Hollywood insider and knew all about what went on behind the scenes among show business people.

@paulteruel6346 Год назад

This is an amazing movie!!! A classic film about power corrupting people. I could watch a double feature with All The Kings Men.

@mikeschmidt8256 11 месяцев назад

Dude. Great movie

@LorenIpsum75 3 месяца назад

"The patent medicine pill "Vitajex" and its maker, "General Hainesworth," draw a close parallel to the patent medicine tonic Hadacol (which was similarly promoted as shown in the film) and its own maker, Louisiana State Sen. Dudley J. LeBlanc. The film was released in 1957, and the Hadacol enterprise collapsed in a financial scandal in 1951". - Wikipedia