A Face in the Crowd
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1957 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Elia Kazan |
| Cast | Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | A Face in the Crowd | – |
| Español | Un rostro en la multitud | Un rostro en la multitud |
| Français | Un homme dans la foule | Un homme dans la foule |
| Deutsch | Ein Gesicht in der Menge | Ein Gesicht in der Menge |
| Português | Um Rosto na Multidão | Um Rosto na Multidao |
| Italiano | Un volto nella folla | Un volto nella folla |
| Русский | Лицо в толпе | Litso v tolpe |
| 中文（简体） | 人群中的一个面孔 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 人群中的一張臉 | – |
| 한국어 | 군중 속의 얼굴 | Gunjung Sogui Eolgul |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Một khuôn mặt trong đám đông | Mot khuon mat trong dam dong |
| Bahasa Indonesia | A Face in the Crowd | – |
| 日本語 | 群衆の中の一つの顔 | Gunshū no Naka no Hitotsu no Kao |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which media-manufactured charisma and democratic judgment collide within mass communication
■ Synopsis
A drifter becomes a media celebrity whose populist image grows into political manipulation and public danger.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ManufacturedCharisma #MediaPopulism #PublicManipulation #DemocraticVulnerability
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can mass media create authority from spectacle
Reason: Visibility converts personality into influence before moral substance is tested
Related Film: Network - Middle: Can popularity become a political weapon
Reason: Public affection is redirected into persuasion, manipulation, and power access
Related Film: All the King’s Men - Core: Can democracy resist a performer who learns to control the crowd
Reason: The public sphere is captured by emotional performance rather than civic judgment
Related Film: The Candidate
■ Secondary Axes
- Persona as machinery: A public image becomes larger than the person who performs it
Related Film: Citizen Kane - Exposure as collapse: The mask fails when private contempt becomes publicly audible
Related Film: Sweet Smell of Success
■ Person
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick
■ Structural Tags
#MediaAmplification #PersonaCapture #CrowdManipulation
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1957Film #Drama
