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People might think they know Paris Hilton, but there’s a lot more to the heiress than party hopping.
In a new Paris, Not France, fans get a close and personal look into the socialite’s life.
The documentary premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Hilton was there to support director Adria Petty as he discussed the movie.
With close access to Hilton, Petty shot extensive footage of the reality TV celeb talking about her image, her notorious sex tape, the ever-present paparazzi and just the business of being Paris.
“I’m basically being judged, and they’re creating this false person, and I can’t do anything about it,” Hilton says in the film.
People see a different side to the mysterious celebrity through interviews with Hilton’s parents, sister Nicky, publicist Elliott Mintz and personalities like Donald Trump.
Paris, Not France follows Hilton on business meetings, a promotional trip to Japan and everyday tasks such as getting a burger at a drive-thru while dozens of photographers take shots of her ordering.
“It’s amazing that this woman is a human being and that people actually can be ruthless enough to forget that,” Petty said. “That’s the one thing about this movie and about that experience with her is I could have just been shooting fluff, but she gave me a lot more.”
Petty said the idea was to create for this era a film like Madonna: Truth or Dare, the 1991 documentary that examined the phenomenon surrounding the pop singer.
Hilton has “created a mystery about herself that a film like this maybe wouldn’t have been a great thing for her in the past,” Petty said. “But now, she’s been so saturated in the media. We’re so used to her. To see a new side of her is so exciting.”
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