Film News
“The film provides a fascinating insight into what compels journalists and cameramen such as King to put their lives in danger all for the sake of telling a story. It is question that they themselves find difficult to answer but the film gives it a very good go. All in all it is a brilliantly moving, funny and inspiring portrait of a profession that deserves every ounce of attention and respect this film gives it...”
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Jason Goodyer
Little White Lies
“Producer Vaughn Smith comments that war photographers are often searching for something they haven’t found in an ordinary life. King appears to be no exception, at one point claiming he was actually safer in the war zones than back home due to his self destructive nature. And when you see the pictures of drunken strippers and seedy nightclubs taken during his downtime in Moscow, you have to see his point...”
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Phil On Film
“Robert King didn't just survive the war, he flourished, and his development from inexperienced nobody to acclaimed photojournalist is detailed in Shooting Robert King, Richard Parry's absorbing documentary which was shot intermittently over the years as Robert and his camera captured the bloody truth of wars around the world...”
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