Ron Briley on A FACE IN THE CROWD
A Face In the Crowd
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In this interview, shot 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 within the context of Kazan's career.
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