Criterion Reflections – Episode 76 – Gordon Parks’s Shaft

Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:40 — 50.6MB)

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle to discuss Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks.

Episode Links:

Gordon Parks

• Wikipedia
• The Gordon Parks Foundation
• ArtNet
• International Center of Photography
• Life Magazine
• National Gallery of Art
• New York Times (obituary)

Shaft

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• Hollywood Reporter (1971)
• New York Times (1971)
• Roger Ebert (1971)
• Variety (1971)
• 1000 Misspent Hours
• DVD Savant
• Geek Show
• Gone with the Twins
• ImageTexT
• Larsen on Film
• Life Between Frames
• MTV
• Not Coming to a Theater Near You
• Shameless Self Expression
• Vanity Fair
• Vern’s Reviews

PREVIOUSLY:

WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM

UP NEXT:

RED SUN

MORE!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

CONTACT US:

• David Blakeslee [ Website / Twitter / Facebook / Letterboxd ]
• Richard Doyle [ Letterboxd ]