Reporters (1981)
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.
Director: Raymond Depardon
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Jacques Chirac as Self |
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Jean-Luc Godard as Self |
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Richard Gere as Self |
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Ursula Andress as Self |
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Francis Apestéguy as Self |
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Serge Gainsbourg as Self |
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Raymond Barre as Self |
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Jean-Gabriel Barthélémy as Self |
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Omar Bongo as Self |
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Mireille Darc as Self |
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Alain Delon as Self |
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Catherine Deneuve as Self |
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Gene Kelly as Self |
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Mireille Mathieu as Self |
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Georges Marchais as self |
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François Mitterrand as self |
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Michel Rocard as self |
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as self |
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Coluche as self |
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Vaclav Neumann as self |
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Philippe de Gaulle as Self |
| Directing | Raymond Depardon | Director |
| Crew | Raymond Depardon | Cinematography |
| Editing | Olivier Froux | Editor |
| Sound | Raymond Depardon | Sound |
