Philip French 

Buy It Now

Philip French: ... a stupid fake documentary in two parts
  
  


Made for $250, Antonio Campos's Buy It Now is a stupid fake documentary in two parts. The first half-hour purports to be edited from camcorder footage shot by a 16-year-old New Yorker from a broken middle-class home who auctions her virginity on eBay. The second and nastier part purports to be a fiction film featuring the same girl re-enacting the experience. This is a movie-school exercise in form and style, and schools should introduce a student version of the adage, 'What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'. What's made in the classroom should stay in the classroom.

 

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