#2 Best Movie You Have Never Seen

A Face in the Crowd

The first thing to know about this movie is, the star role is played by Andy Griffith.

The second thing you should know is, you will never watch "The Andy Griffith Show", or television for that matter, in the same light again.

In 1957, the Elia Kazan-directed, Budd Schulberg-written A Face in the Crowd, hit movie theaters. I have no idea what the impact of this film was on the general public back then. I cannot imagine this movie could have been as meaningful then, as it so obviously is today.

It covers, in no ambiguous terms:

Alcoholism

Adultery

The early days of Television

Corporate greed

The underside of politics

Mass media deception

Egomaniacal celebrity

Using "small-town values" to sell villainy 

Underage sexual depravity

Sexual Predation 

Apologist relationships

I could go on, but I am trying to give away none of the plot.

All I will say is that it is unyielding, and you must see it. Disturbing from the minute the opening credits start, to the minute they close the picture.

Kazan may have ratted out all his buddies, but he did leave a piece of art for which we all owe him a bit of thanks.

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