#970: KAZAN, Elia: A Face In The Crowd (1957)
KAZAN, Elia (United States)
A Face In The Crowd [1957]
Spine #970
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic April Wolfe, excerpts from director Kazan’s introduction to the film’s published screenplay, and a 1957 New York Times Magazine profile of Griffith.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With Ron Briley, author of The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan.
Interview 2
With Andy Griffith biographer Evan Dalton Smith.
Facing the Past
A 2005 documentary featuring actors Griffith, Neal and Franciosa; screenwriter Schulberg; and film scholars Leo Braudy and Jeff Young.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
A Face In The Crowd [1957]
Spine #970
Blu-ray
A Face in the Crowd chronicles the rise and fall of Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith), a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal), a local radio producer with ambitions of her own. His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing Marcia to grapple with the manipulative, reactionary monster she has created. Directed by Elia Kazan from a screenplay by Budd Schulberg, this incisive satire features an extraordinary debut screen performance by Griffith, who brandishes his charm in an uncharacteristically sinister role. Though the film was a flop on its initial release, subsequent generations have marveled at its eerily prescient diagnosis of the toxic intimacy between media and politics in American life.
126 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Monaural
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2019
Director/Writers
Story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg.
Elia Kazan was 48 when he directed A Face in the Crowd.
Other Kazan films in the Collection:
#647: On The Waterfront (1954)
The Film
Other Kazan films in the Collection:
#647: On The Waterfront (1954)
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by critic April Wolfe, excerpts from director Kazan’s introduction to the film’s published screenplay, and a 1957 New York Times Magazine profile of Griffith.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With Ron Briley, author of The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan.
Interview 2
With Andy Griffith biographer Evan Dalton Smith.
Facing the Past
A 2005 documentary featuring actors Griffith, Neal and Franciosa; screenwriter Schulberg; and film scholars Leo Braudy and Jeff Young.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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