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Saint Francis Didn't Run Numbers

Christopher O'Neill


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Christopher O'Neill

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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 focusing 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.

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Title

Saint Francis Didn't Run Numbers

Year

2009

Tags
alienation, female character, celluloid
Language

None

Duration

00:03:30

Original formats

Film 35mm

Aspect ratio

4:3

Colour

Colour

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, Visual Artists Ireland, and the Arts Council of Ireland.
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