Face in the Crowd Satirical Excerpt

[indifferentdrummer2]

An awesome performance in a great rarely seen movie.

[TheLittleJohnny]

Lonesome to the Senator at 0:48 "...hows my old bunkmate?"

Insinuating the senator did time in a country jail. Funny...

This movie is just as relevant today as it was in the 50's, maybe even more so.

[looneywoman]

It's funny, though: for those of us who know him best as Andy Taylor and Ben Matlock, to say nothing of "No Time for Sergeants," this is a downright *chilling* portrayal by Andy Griffith. Yet if you watch the trailer, while he had made some television appearances at the time, this was more or less his *introduction* in films!!! I wonder if film audiences were as shocked by his performance then as we tend to be now?

[scotpens]

It's indeed a creepy, chilling performance, and personally I think Andy Griffith squandered his talent for many years by doing that cornpone sitcom. But, after all, it WAS a steady paycheck.

It's a bit like younger people today being amused at seeing Leslie Nielsen in serious roles (e.g. "Forbidden Planet"). Nielsen spent the first half of his movie career doing dramatic roles and only re-invented himself as a comic actor with 1980's "Airplane!"

[grabit1]

I pretty much agree. In fact, I do agree.

Andy Griffith could have gone in a different direction. But I won't fault him for settling instead for a steady paycheck.

He's now 83 and can command his own price. He's good enough to bring back Lonesome Rhodes in a remake. Especially if Kazan were still here to make it. Although he probably wouldn't do it.

[speedystriper]

Good points. In fact, I am amazed at how much I agree with Hannity and O'Reilly at times. I think the public is being manipulated with false labels of left and right. Sometimes the right is correct, and sometimes the left. Very wealthy men control the media and it's false paradigms of both sides. Either way you look at it, the powers that be are manipulating the hell out of us.

[scotpens]

The labels "liberal" and "conservative" don't mean much these days. What we really have are coercive utopians of the left, and the same thing on the right. Everyone wants to force their ideology and their social agenda on everyone else. I consider myself an Objectivist / Libertarian. While I don't agree with the more extreme wing of Libertarianism, I think overall that's the only political / social philosophy that makes sense.

[speedystriper]

I certainly agree that a lot of the left wing agenda is not good. All that bs about global warming is a good example. It is just a way to get the public to give the state more control over their lives. And why is it that so many left wing media outlets get Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation grants? The Dodd Commission found back in the 50's that these big tax exempt foundations seek out left leaning professors and support them with grants. Why? Far right or far left, we get tyranny

[grabit1]

That may be the only thing I agree with them about. "Left" and "Right" have lost all meaning.

It all boils down not to calling balls and strikes, but who makes the stike zone.

[GOPSpinMachineInOD]

A truly disturbing, visionary, and great film!

[JackRackem]

BOOTSTRAPS MORE BOOTSTRAPS

[poughkeepsiejohn]

Real woodsy kinda guy, ain't he?

[screamingengines]

What's that got to do with the guitar tune I mentioned? :P

[BarneySvensen]

A Face in the Crowd has been out on DVD for

a while now. It's really worth getting.

[screamingengines]

Can you post the opening titles with that neat guitar tune? This movie has been one of my favorites since I first saw it in the late 90's on AMC.

[speedystriper]

The only thing missing from the Lonesome Rhodes tv show shots is the Fox News logo at the botttom of the screen. This is the same type of extreme right wing propaganda that they push every day. Great performance by Andy Griffith. Over the top, but very effective. A real creep, the type that you see on Fox.

[Jaybird1103]

This film is 50 years ahead of its time. If you notice at the opening of the scene, the initials "FBN" are on the screen. Same initials used by Fox Broadcasting Network.

[scotpens]

Lonesome Rhodes is a creepy character, all right -- but that's because he becomes drunk with power, not necessarily because of his politics. Is it "extreme right wing" to believe in the American ideals of rugged individualism and voluntary charity, instead of ever-increasing, taxpayer-supported "entitlements" (meaning handouts) from the government?

[speedystriper]

Interesting videos on your home page "scotpens". Odd that you would feel compelled to post on this particular movie. I don't see much in terms of similarity between the videos on your home page and this movie. Hmm.....

[scotpens]

Do someone's personal tastes necessarily have to have any connection with their political opinions? I mean, they're two different things, right? Kind of like left brain / right brain. Or something like that.

[tchatterton]

I find it interseting that you are suspicious about someone's video likes and dislikes. Should the racist Right's attempt to take "Our County Back from that Nazi Nigger!" in a military coup (still in the early planning stages) succeed, I'm sure that you'll find a job right away in the Republican Right's new version of 1940 Germany's Gestapo. Maybe you should get ahead of the game and add "scotpens" to your list of suspicious people? Good luck on your new career!

[VampiressOnDaProwlq]

@tchatterton

yah ; D

[mrsdoyle2003]

I saw the movie on Turner Movie Classics. I was surprised by Andy Griffith's performance. Also, Lee Remmick appears on this fabulous film. A big critism to TV and the media in the '50's; not so different to how it is today. Thanks!

[speedystriper]

Great movie about how the boob tube is used to manipulate the dumbed down public. Very contemporary in light of the state of affairs today. Highly recommended.