Documentaries

SMASH HIS CAMERA

Leon Gast
USA 2009
90 min
V'10

Any sentient human being who has ever read a newspaper, magazine, or watched the nightly news came to the same conclusion: Ron Galella was a monster. Condemned by all, he was “that” photographer, a cockatrice who haunted and stalked our beloved former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy.
I met this villain in 2006. Producer Adam Schlesinger called saying Linda Saffire, a colleague, had recommended me as a possible candidate to direct a project he had conceived about the Original American Paparazzo. “Have you ever heard of Ron Galella?” he asked. Smash His Camera is a portrait of that man – warts, wings and all. Ron views his life’s work as virtuous, ethical, heroic and couldn’t give a rat’s ass what others might think. He strongly believes he has a Constitutional right and a moral obligation as a distinguished artist to pursue his art – celebrity photography – on his terms, not theirs. (Leon Gast)

Credits
  • Ron Galella
  • Leon Gast
  • Don Lenzer
  • Mark Maloof
  • Matt Gundy
  • Doug Abel
  • David Wolfert
  • Craig Hazen
Got the Shot Productions

Magnolia Pictures

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