Paris Hilton Watch

In 2008, Paris Hilton did a 65-minute MTV-styled documentary entitled, Paris, Not France - said to reveal the “smart and no-nonsense” side of our dear heiress. While we were not able to see that docu, we may at least hear what those who have have to say about this documentary.

Here are excerpts from the review made by Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog about Paris, Not France.

“…if this is a film about Paris Hilton at all, whether loving or otherwise, then it’s a failure, because it so convinces that there is no Paris Hilton, only “Paris Hilton”––a brand designed to sell watches and perfume who has assumed the now-empty shell of the once-vivacious party girl.”

“Though the director tries to sell the idea that her subject is a self-marketing whiz who calculatingly hides her real self behind a cover that is deliberately without content in order to make for smoother mass consumption, neither the film nor its star ever convinces that there’s a significantly more substantial real self to hide.”

“Shot on HD and edited on Final Cut Pro, flipping back and forth between full color, desaturated color, black and white, and choppy footage which was either imported into the editing software at the wrong frame rate or put through a process to make it look so, Paris would have the feel of a home movie even if the subject’s address to the camera didn’t seem so chummy and unguarded. You get the sense that Petty earned Hilton’s trust and created the ideal situation for the capturing of earth-shattering revelations.”

“Unfortunately, based on what we see here, Paris Hilton doesn’t have anything earth-shattering to reveal. Petty frequently cuts back and forth between media footage of Paris––without fail, blowing kisses and brainlessly babbling baby talk––and footage of Paris “At home”, having her beauty needs tended to while bitching in a husky drawl one one hand about her lack of privacy, and the gullibility of her adoring fans on the other.”

To read the full text of this review click here.