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‘Point and Shoot’ is an Expertly Woven Compilation of an Almost Unbelievable Life

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Christopher Campbell
Jun 19, 2015
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The ghost of Ernest Hemingway hovers over Marshall Curry’s new documentary, a profile of amateur filmmaker and revolutionary Matthew VanDyke. Or, rather, the novelist’s name is perhaps the best way to isolate and identify what is going on beneath this formally simple but thematically intricate film. Point and Shoot is a 21st century incarnation of some …

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