After completing his PhD at Duke University in 1995, Paul Colby spent twenty-five years teaching American literature and composition at North Carolina State University. Since retirement, he has been working as a freelance writer, publishing short stories in literary magazines and an eclectic array of pieces on his Substack – both speculative fiction and essays on American cultural history.
Of all the visual art forms, film is the most improvisational, requiring the most thorough collection of spare pieces. In order for a film to work its magic, it must[…]