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A news photographer named Paparazzo (played by Walter Santesso in the 1960 film La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini) is the eponym of the word paparazzi. [22] In his book The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins , Robert Hendrickson writes that Fellini named the "hyperactive photographer ... after Italian slang for ...
Paparazzi (Italian paparazzi, plural of paparazzo, the name of a character in the film La Dolce Vita) Pococurante (from poco 'little' and curante 'caring') Poltroon (through French poltron from Italian poltrona) Pronto; Regatta (Italian: regata) Vendetta (in Italian means 'vengeance') Vista (in Italian means 'sight') Viva
Ronald Edward Galella (January 10, 1931 – April 30, 2022) was an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo.Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by Newsweek and "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by Time magazine and Vanity Fair, he is regarded by Harper's Bazaar as "arguably the most controversial paparazzo of all time". [1]
Teenage Paparazzo is an HBO documentary directed by Adrian Grenier. The film is about the everyday life of Austin Visschedyk, a 14-year-old paparazzo. The film interviews many celebrities who talk about Visschedyk and the paparazzi as a whole. It also shows the relationships that Visschedyk has made with his fellow paparazzi.
The film documents the filming of Godard's Contempt in Capri, in and around the Villa Malaparte from May 17 until May 20, 1963. It focuses in particular on numerous paparazzi's relentless efforts to photograph Brigitte Bardot, [3] one of the big stars of European cinema at the time.
Walter Santesso (27 February 1931 in Padua, Italy – 20 January 2008) was an Italian film actor and director.His character name "Paparazzo" in Federico Fellini's 1960 film La Dolce Vita [1] has become synonymous with modern celebrity/tabloid photographers, who are collectively referred to as paparazzi.
Secchiaroli was the inspiration for the Paparazzo character in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita. Much of Fellini's research into the profession of tabloid journalism was simply buying dinner for Secchiaroli and his friends, and listening to their exploits.
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