Smash his Camera (2010)
DVDrip | XviD-1249 | AC3@192 | 704x384 | Audio: English | Subs: French (idx/sub) Spanish (srt) | DVD Cover | 1h27 | 900 Mb
Docu | USA 01 Aug 2010 | Director Leon GAST
Starring Floyd Abrams, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Joseph Basile…
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, Marlon Brando broke his jaw and Steve McQueen gave him a look that would have killed, if looks could kill. To the celebrities he pursued, photographer Ron Galella was the beast who threatened beauty. As it turned out, he gave them a strange and lasting beauty they might never have known without him. Inherent in the story of this notorious paparazzo are the complex issues of the right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity …
Tirant son titre d'une demande faite par Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis à ses agents de sécurité - « cassez son appareil photo » -, ce documentaire retrace la carrière fulgurante de Ron Gallela, célèbre photographe et paparazzo autoproclamé. Ce film porte également un regard sur la nature de la célébrité, la relation entre les vedettes et leurs chroniqueurs, et l'équilibre fragile entre vie privée et liberté de la presse…