
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. The story of notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella opens a Pandora's Box of issues from right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him, and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. The story of notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella opens a Pandora's Box of issues from right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship.
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| The A.V. ClubNoel MurraySo what happens when people forget about all those people he stalked and snapped? Will his collection still be seen as an invaluable store of late 20th-century art, or the work of a celeb-obsessed hoarder? |
| DVDTalk.comJason BaileyThe guy can spin a yarn. He's quite a character -- ballsy, funny, cheerily obtuse. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirHighly entertaining and skillful documentary. |
| MovielineMichelle OrangeFittingly, there is something both thrilling and deeply unpleasant about looking at Galella's body of work -- there is casual genius in some of the captured moments, a combination of access, timing, and luck, with the subject almost always carrying most of the image's weight. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohA paparazzo's life, replete with flashbulbs and sucker punches, says much about the nature of celebrity and our fascination with it. |
| About.comJennifer MerinAs king of the paparazzi, Ron Galella has been slugged by Marlon Brando, sued by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and slurred by other photographers. Now, filmmaker Leon Gast turns his camera on Galella, and the result is fascinating and full of surprises. |
| Village VoiceEric HynesGast's documentary portrait has a freewheeling charm that perfectly matches its subject. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFilmmaker Leon Gast ("When We Were Kings") paints an entertaining portrait of the still-working 79-year-old photographer. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThis entertaining docu by "When We Were Kings'?" Leon Gast is more eccentric personality portrait than the in-depth scrutiny of celebrity-culture madness afforded by fellow Sundance preem "Teenage Paparazzo." |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonAn entertaining and thought provoking film with more celebrity pictures, and interviews, than you can shake a stick at. |