Joe M. O'Connell
Joe M. O'Connell is a fiction writer, journalist, filmmaker and photographer from Austin, Texas.
An unusual new documentary will appeal to horror film fans, Texas history buffs and Hollywood legend obsessives. With a unique narrative style reminiscent of a journalist cranking out quirky stories, Rondo and Bob chronicles the life of Robert A. Burns, the eccentric horror film art director from Austin.
Jeremy Hallock, Dallas Morning News
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{Burns} had packed up all his stuff and put it in boxes. One of them was a Rondo (Hatton) box with lots of photos and lots of articles and the letters from Mae. That box became the backbone of Rondo and Bob.
Paul Guzzo, Tampa Times
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Rondo and Bob includes interviews and recreations of key moments from both men's personal lives and in the industry as they sought self-acceptance. Sadly, neither would find it. Hatton died of a heart attack brought on by his condition at 51. Burns took his own life at 60 while suffering from kidney cancer.
Danny Gallagher, Dallas Observer
In the late 1960s, a stuntman wanders into Spahn Ranch and thoroughly convinces one of its long-haired residents to fix a vehicle for him. No, dear reader, I’m not describing a scene from Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. I’m describing a scene from the real life of Gary Kent, the subject of a new and wonderfully titled documentary, Danger God, directed by Joe O’ Connell. Now that’s something you have embroidered on the back of a leather jacket
Hunter Lanier, Film Threat
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Gary Kent is a Badass. Yeah, that's with a capital "B," buster.
Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle
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Gary Kent has heard sentences no person wants to hear.
Here’s an example: “All your ribs are broken.”
Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman
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