Could Paris Hilton Doc Become Hottest Ticket in Toronto?

September 5, 2008

Oh yes, you heard that right — and I nearly slapped myself when, during a Toronto Fest meeting earlier this day, I unfortunately had to inform our team that coverage of Paris, Not France was a top priority. Congrats Ms. Hilton, you’ve successfully found a way to turn all the attention toward your documentary by making it look like you want nothing to do with it. Of course, that’s not the case at all — heck, it’s not like the chick ever pulled something like this before (cough … sex tape … cough). But let’s back up for a minute …

… there’s a Paris Hilton documentary playing Toronto? Yup, it’s called Paris, Not France, and it marks the first feature for music video and commercial director Adria Petty (daughter of Tom). What’s it about? Apparently, the flick follows Paris around for a year and provides us with one of those intimate looks into the life of blah blah …. and then she says “That’s hot” about a gazillion times … the end. So why is everyone speaking about it?

Well, because Paris (and her “people”) somehow managed to get the festival to pull all but one screening of the doc for reasons they’re not willing to disclose at this time. So what’s up? Is Paris really that upset with the way she’s portrayed in the film that she doesn’t want it shown? Or, is this whole “pull the screenings, threaten lawsuits” thing just a ploy to get people (like us) talking and wanting and needing? I’d say it’s certainly suspicious, especially since we’re talking Paris Hilton here, who, whether you enjoy it or not, is pretty smart when it comes to marketing herself as a larger-than-life personality.

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