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A Gift From a Father to a Son: Theo Jansen's Kinetic Sculptures

James Fallows
February 9, 2011

by Tony Comstock

If we're lucky, our obsessions yield beauty:

Tony Comstock is a documentary filmmaker whose company, Comstock Films, specializes in erotic documentaries. Follow him on Twitter at @TonyComstock.

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