Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction next Tuesday, March 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
WHEN WE WERE KING’s Academy Award winning director Leon Gast premiered this portrait of infamous paparazzo Ron Galella at Sundance in 2010, where he picked up a directing award. After additional fest exposure, the film had a limited theatrical release, and was also nominates for an Emmy.
I wrote about the doc upon its DVD release here.
Note: There will be a Q&A with Leon Gast following the screening. I will be substituting for STF’s Thom Powers as the evening’s host while he tends to his documentary programming duties at the Miami International Film Festival.
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