Sky Arte Documentary Chronicles Legendary Paparazzo Rino Barillari

A documentary titled 'The King of Paparazzi – La vera storia' airs on Sky Arte on November 15, 2020, directed by Giancarlo Scarchilli and Massimo Spano. It explores the legendary era when Rome was a global hub for events like the release of Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita', the 1960 Olympics, and Hollywood productions. The film follows Rino Barillari, the world's most famous active paparazzo, whose archive of over 600,000 photographs spans from the 1950s to today, documenting not only celebrity and jet-set culture but also attacks, massacres, kidnappings, protests, and student movements in late 20th-century Italy. Fellini himself dubbed Barillari 'The King of Paparazzi'. The documentary incorporates Barillari's own words, vintage newsreels from Istituto Luce, and commentary from Giuseppe Tornatore, Walter Veltroni, Giancarlo De Cataldo, and Carlo Verdone.