While you are watching "Smash His Camera," keep these study questions in mind, as they will help with your film challenge assignment,and with midterm and finalsJeopardy:

1. How do we balance the First Amendment v Privacy in this case
2. Jackie Onassis was clearly a public figure. Does she deserve more or less protection from people like Galella than the average person?
3. Where is the privacy line when it comes to celebrities?
4. What were you thinking when you first saw all these photos of Jackie O? How did your opinion change by the end of the film?
5. Public is public, and Galella took photos in public. Why was it such a problem?
6. How did you feel about Galella pulling vines from the hedge to take the photos of Katherine Hepburn?
7. David Frost asks: "Why do all this for a photo of an actress who years to stay out of public view?" Did you ever think about how celebrity magazines got the photos they used? How did this film change your impression of those photos?
8. Why would a woman like Katherine Hepburn, who makes her living on the stage, hide from someone from Galella?
9. What did you think about Ron's rules:
10. Sneak In, crash events.
11. Always dress the part.
12. Kitchen is a good way of getting in
13. Forge credentialsget someone's invite and duplicate at Kinko's
14. Shoot fastget the surprised expression.
15. Did you see the size of his house?! Do you think a more respectable photographer would make this much? Does the amount of money he makes impact your feelings about what he does?
16. Galella's life is "filled with rejection" and he is "singularly unaware of the impression he gives to people." How does that shape him and his quests?
17. The one photographer says Galella does not care about the people. Do you agree? Should he?
18. Does the press' watchdog function come into play with Galella's careerdo they have an obligation to show celebrity lives and do celebrities have an obligation to allow it?
19. Followed them and found out where Jackie lived--from then on it was a marathon--did she deserve to be pursued like that?
20. What would have happened had Jackie just let Galella take her picture? Consider what happened with Marlon Brando.
21. Jackie's lawyer said, the First Amendment deals with substance of the image. The problem with what a journalist does to get it. How do we reconcile those two things?
22. Tom Novak asks Galella: "Do you ever feel you are feeding an appetite that should not be fed?" What does he mean by that? How would you answer if you were Galella?
23. Should celebrities be "saleable commodities"?
24. How ethical was it for Galella to start dating the maid?
25. The question is asked in the film, "What type of human being does it take to photograph people who do not want to be photographed?" What do you think?.

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Answer Here are the key points to address the study questions for the film Smash His Camera 1 Balancing the First Amendment and Privacy The film explores the tension between the First Amendments prote... View the full answer