A Face in the Crowd
“POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!”
Drama
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
VIBE
This film feels like a chilling, sharp-edged look at the corrosive nature of fame. It's a stark, black-and-white descent into the dark side of charisma, leaving you with a lingering sense of unease about the media's power.
cynicalsatiricalunsettlingmelancholicsteadyclassic Hollywood dramablack and whitecharacter studyfamemedia manipulationloss of innocencepower
arkansasfameblack and whitepersonality
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