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Filmmaker Fred Camper shares his Suicide Note

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“This will be my introduction to it,” Fred Camper says. “You know, warning people: ‘I hope you know this film is going to be silent. And I hope you know that there’s no story.’” The filmmaker, artist, and writer might add that the movie is nearly two hours long and that in its 40ish years […]

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