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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYour thoughts on the film 'A Face in the Crowd'
This may be my favorite American film. Starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau and Lee Remick and directed by Elia Kazan, A Face in the Crowd has never ceased to be relevant. Today, it may be more relevant than ever thanks to radio 'personalities' like Rush Limbaugh and 'reality' TV. It's a great American film, in my opinion.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)he freakin is scary.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)but I remembered it being amazingly prescient (I saw it in the '90s).
I liked it and would like to see it again. In my memory, it's ranked up there with Network as one of the few movies to pull back the curtain on what's going on behind the scenes.
T S Justly
(884 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)Oh, and Patricia Neal was drop dead gorgeous back in the day.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)my top film picks of any kind, from any time. A flawless gem of a film.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Remind you of anyone DU?
BHN
Ruby the Liberal
(26,217 posts)it was stunning. Almost like the Beck handlers took their script for him straight from this flick.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)It had held up well, and of course appeared very prescient upon later viewing.
FWIW, I always adored Patrica Neal.
murielm99
(30,657 posts)Yes, it is prescient.
I rented it from Netflix a couple of times, and made my husband and adult children sit down and watch it. They were glad they did.
At the time, it was purported to be a thinly disguised portrayal of Arthur Godfrey. Whether or not that is true, it is a great film about the media and how it can be misused.
kskiska
(27,041 posts)He was a tyrant behind the scenes, a fact that Andy Rooney, who worked for him, has attested to. After success on radio, Godfrey had a morning TV show 5 days a week, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts on Monday nights, and Arthur Godfrey and His Friends on Wednesday nights. He was omnipresent on TV and actually insulted and fired some of his regular "friends" on the air. It's easy to see how he may have been the inspiration for this film. He had no real talent except for promoting himself as a folksy presence over the air waves.
My mother listened to him, as did I, back in the 50s.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Easily my favorite Griffith flick followed closely by No Time for Sergeants.