Saint Francis Didn’t Run Numbers is "a eulogy to personal interpretations of cinema with a fetishistic fascination with the imperfections of ageing celluloid" (Experimental Film Club). By re-filming footage from a 35mm film print of a well-known classic of American cinema, the imagery is adapted and reframed, magnified and fragmented, to present a very different kind of film by focussing solely on one single supporting character and abstract, empty spaces. The pre-existing feature film is an incredibly masculine experience touching upon themes of violence and machismo, while Saint Francis Didn’t Run Numbers makes a female supporting character - one that many viewers forget is even in the original film - the only character.