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The Dostoyevsky of Documentary

JOHN KASTNER WOULD BE LAUGHING if he saw the title of this modest tribute to him. “So now you think I’m Dostoyevsky,” I can imagine hearing him say, “Well, better late than never.”

Actually, John never thought he was Canada’s filmic Dostoyevsky. It was what he aspired to be—and why

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