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Reporters (1981)

Reporters (1981)

Documentary
Release Date: 1981, June 10
Directors: Raymond Depardon
Countries: France
Production: Bibliothèque publique d'information du centre Georges Pompidou
Cast: Ursula Andress, Richard Gere, Gene Kelly, Mireille Darc, Alain Delon, Jacques Chirac, Catherine Deneuve, Coluche, Georges Marchais, François Mitterrand, Mireille Mathieu, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Overview:

The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photographers in Paris and their subjects by following the photographers around for one month, in October, 1980. In-between long hours waiting for a celebrity to emerge from a restaurant or a hotel, boredom immediately switches to fast action as the cameras click and roll when the person appears. The reaction to the gaggle of photographers is as varied as the people they often literally chase all around town. While some of the celebrities, such as Jacques Chirac who was mayor of Paris at the time, are perceived as comical caricatures, others are shown simply going about ordinary pursuits - including Catherine Deneuve, Gene Kelly, and Jean-Luc Godard.

Keywords:

photography