Rondo and Bob
Directed by Joe O'Connell
Written by Documentary
Starring Robert A. Burns, Rondo Hatten
Release Date November 14th, 2020
Rondo and Bob is a strange documentary. The film purports to tell the story of Robert (Bob) Burns, the legendary propmaster and set designer for the horror classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and his obsession with forgotten monster movie star, Rondo Hatton. What we actually get is a confounding series of re-enactments of each man’s life and a few disconnected talking head segments about Burns’ strange life.
If you are looking for insights into why Bob loved Rondo and how he worked to preserve Rondo's monster movie legend and his unique life, you won’t find that here. What we get instead is a series of facile sketches acted out by amateur actors of suspect acting talent. That, and a bizarre approach to editing that involves slam banging from one story to the next, inelegantly jumping from Burns’ life to Hatton’s life with the care of a sledgehammer through a wall.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
