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About the only good thing that can be said for HBO’s new docuseries
Allen v. Farrow is that it rejects the ham-fisted, stylized imagery that has marred other nonfiction projects of late. Having just endured, for example, the cascade of slow-motion blood drops with which Netflix’s
Night Stalker attempted to set its mood, I came to HBO’s saga of purported child molestation ready to behold nonarchival shots of broken dolls and po-faced stuffed animals. Happily,
Allen v. Farrow s directors, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, whose previous collaborations include the award-winning documentary