"Rome's finest snappers are again being portrayed on film as Woody Allen shoots his decidedly Fellini-esque comedy Bop Decameron in the city – with the difference that Allen has opted to cast the city's real life paparazzi to play the part.

"Being paid by a celebrity to take pictures of a celebrity was unusual," said Vitaliano Napolitano, a 20 year, moped riding veteran of Rome's celebrity circuit. "And it became surreal when paparazzi not involved in the film showed up on set to snap us paparazzi as we played paparazzi in the film."

Woody Allen's lesson in mindfuck.

excerpt from The Guardian.