“The credits are telling, and they’re near the start: Fleischner both recorded the sound and edited the film; Oliver Lanzenberg shot it, and Robert Carnevale was the camera assistant; nobody else is mentioned, there or at the end, as involved with the shoot. The compactness of the crew is reflected in the film’s run time—a mere fifty-three minutes. Still, the size of the crew is less significant than the fact that their work embodies a practice—even an artistic repertory of gestures—that is visually evident even without reference to the credits. “Jetty” begins just before construction starts, with encompassing views of the vestiges of earlier wooden jetties, which line the beach like broken teeth; remarks from two residents describe the damage done by Sandy, including the total destruction of its boardwalk.”

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