A Face in the Crowd (1957)

The most insidious myth of the movies is the notion that demogoguery, once exposed by the media, would be rejected by the general public. I once believed this.

Paul Schrader

This is what happens to a person once they gain over 20 Letterboxd followers

Kenneth Clark

when Andy Griffith calls himself "an influencer", my stomach plummeted.

Kyle Turner

It's hard to review a movie like this in terms of its theme, as so much of it was simply spelled out for the viewer. This isn't entirely a flaw, but the tragic rise and fall of Lonesome Rhodes pretty clearly depicts the costs of fame, manipulation, power, and so on. It's a…

Sally Jane Black

am i...am i attracted to walter matthau

eely

Elia Kazan’s “A Face in the Crowd” is a warning shot close enough to graze the temples of anyone watching. Its piercing reverberations on mass media manipulation still ring in the ears over half a century later.  “Face” arrived in cinemas two full decades before “Network;”…

theriverjordan

Ya gotta admit, I played this stinking city like a harp from hell

Patrick Willems

This is how my own career as a public figure will end.

Will Sloan

Shoutout to this film for using the term influencer before it became popular and having Andy Griffith say he could shoot someone and get away with it... truly ahead of its time

Ethan ☀️