The screening of Paris’s new documentary, “Paris, Not France,” at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, is tonight and Paris herself will be attending. Read about the documentary below:
Director Adria Petty gained close access to Paris during a tumultuous year, and her film reveals different sides of the heiress than we are used to seeing. Paris’s world is a real-life fantasy.
We follow Paris jet-setting through international capitals – where everyone wants a piece of her. Her “Paris the Heiress” persona was concocted for the reality TV show The Simple Life, but at some point fiction and reality began to blur.
We see Paris starting to grow up and taking more control. Petty inspires her to talk about her life in a way that no other journalist has: the rebellious streak that propelled her into a modelling career, the shock of having her sex life exposed to the world, and the pressures of living under constant media distortions. Paris is by turns seductive and vulnerable, in charge and out of control. As she sits at a table with her brand managers, it is hard to tell whether they work for her or vice versa.
Petty gets revealing interviews with Paris’s parents Rick and Kathy Hilton, sister Nicky and other family members. Donald Trump, Camille Paglia, Michael Musto and others weigh in on her mystique. The film becomes a fascinating case study on the role of celebrity in our culture. Paris isn’t known for picking her film parts wisely, but her most interesting role turns out to be that of herself.
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September 9th, 2008
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Sounds interesting, I just hope it is not needlessly negative.
This sounds good!
I don’t think it will be negative if Paris supports it. I think from the trailer at another site, that we’ll see bits of Paris talking seriously about things in her life without trying to sugarcoat it or putting a happy face on it, but I don’t think it’ll be negative or show a “dark” side of Paris as some people are saying.
Paris’s fans already know she’s a human being with feelings and that certain things like the sex tape, lack of privacy and people hating on her are tough for her. We already know she’s not the demon or the Hitler figure that a lot of people seem to have put in her place. I think it’ll be more of a revelation to those on the fence or those who are only aware of the media side.
As Paris is behind it and the director speaks well of her, I’m looking forward to it being widely seen.