F for Fake (1973)

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/ 10
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1h 29m
Running Time

September 1, 1973
Release Date

F for Fake (1973)

3.5
/ 10
2 User Ratings
1h 29m
Running Time

September 1, 1973
Release Date

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Plot.

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

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Details.

Release Date
September 1, 1973

Original Name
Vérités et Mensonges

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 29m

Filming Locations
Paris, France · Germany

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This Movie Is About.

artist
manipulation
illusion
ibiza
deception
forgery
forger
trickery
essay

Wiki.

F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies"; Spanish: Fraude, "Fraud") is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on the film alongside François Reichenbach, Oja Kodar, and Gary Graver. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art. Far from serving as a traditional documentary on de Hory, the film also incorporates Welles's companion Oja Kodar, hoax biographer Clifford Irving and Orson Welles as himself. F for Fake is sometimes considered an example of a film essay.

In addition to the 88-minute film, in 1976, Welles also shot and edited a self-contained nine-minute short film as a "trailer", almost entirely composed of original material not found in the main film itself.

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