Synopsis
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
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Cast
- Ron GalellaSelf
- Betty GalellaSelf - Wife of Ron Galella
- Floyd AbramsSelf
- Joseph BasileSelf
- Dick CavettSelf
- Chuck CloseSelf
- Bonnie FullerSelf
- Michael HessSelf
- Thomas HovingSelf
- Peter HoweSelf
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The A.V. Club
So 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? - 80
Movieline
Fittingly, 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. - 80
Salon
Highly entertaining and skillful documentary. - 70
Variety
This 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." - 70
Village Voice
Gast's documentary portrait has a freewheeling charm that perfectly matches its subject. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Filmmaker Leon Gast ("When We Were Kings") paints an entertaining portrait of the still-working 79-year-old photographer. - 60
The New York Times
In Smash His Camera Mr. Galella emerges as a kindred soul for the curious documentarian and as a large, complicated personality in his own right, not entirely likable but admirable for his persistence and the quickness of his index finger. - 60
New York Daily News
There's no denying that paparazzo Ron Galella is a New York character. What's at issue in Leon Gast's entertaining documentary is whether he's an artist or a creep.