Ron Reed

"If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…": Frame within frame

One blog that’s reliably fascinating is If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. Predominantly visual, they regularly post intriguing images from film and other pop culture (and occasionally slightly higher culture, for that matter). Today’s post is nifty, screenshots that feature “frame within the frame” composition. Here’s a […]

Ron Reed

O'Connor Meets Huston: Wise Blood (John Huston, 1979)

Criterion’s May release of Wise Blood (1979, John Huston) makes available the flawed but fascinating artistic meeting of two uncontested American masters, novelist Flannery O’Connor and film maker John Huston.