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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust watched Face in a Crowd on TCM again. Wow. Just Wow.
I was 8 when the movie was released. I saw it as a child and more times than I can count since then. It not only still holds up today it has more impact today. It is not just a display of the corrupting influence of power but prophetic. Glenn Beck's arc of fame is on display for all to see but it also speaks to all of the other bigoted and cynical hate mongers that have invaded the public airways since that movie was made. I feel a new emotion every time I see it. Hope some of you here on DU had a chance to see it.
The way they set up politicians and sponsors is done melodramatically in the movie but it is so right on when you see the lying and deceptive manner Fox interviews people like Mitt Romney.
The writing is just absolutely genius.
valerief
(53,235 posts)never thought of Andy Griffith as Sheriff Taylor.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)and were totally not expecting what they saw..
It's a fantastic movie, and is timely too.
spanone
(137,407 posts)nolabear
(42,921 posts)Beck, Limbaugh, half of Fox...I started to say "What happened to the American pulbic?" But I think this has been around forever. The movie was just prescient in its understanding of how media can create a monster of such greater magnitude than before.
Damn fine movie. Miss you, Andy. <<<<shudder>>>>
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)I loved Andy so much.
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)...about this film many years ago. When she told me that it had Any Griffith in it, I wasn't interested. Then, I heard it was directed by Elia Kazan. I watched it and was blown away. Kazan is an amazing director. Of course Kazan directed other amazing films like...On The Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebel Without a Cause, etc.
My mom is now 78 years old and she always calls me when a movie like AFITC is on and we discuss these films at length. Thanks mom...
-P
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)DCKit
(18,541 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,866 posts)This guy in the middle: you expect me to believe he didn't know what was happening with his money at all times of the day? Much less checking out for three years? Go on and pull the other one!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)It's EXACTLY what happened to Glenn Beck.