F for fake

F for fake

DVD - 2005

Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies.

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Subjects
Impostors and imposture.
Art forgers.
Art > Forgeries.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Experimental films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection [2005].
Language
English
Other Authors
Orson Welles, 1915-1985 (-), Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Edith Irving
Edition
Special ed
Item Description
Title from container.
Originally released in 1976.
Special features: Disc 1: the film (88 min.) : audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer; Disc 2: the supplements: Orson Welles: One-man band (1995), an 88 minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects; Almost true: The noble art of forgery (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory; a 60 Minutes interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; plus: a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Gary Graver.
ISBN
9780780030022
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) is often remembered as a creative genius who couldn't finish his films. F for Fake is one he did complete, in 1975. The first hour of the program is what Welles (1915-85) calls an "essay." It focuses on art forger Elmyr de Hory (1906-76) and his biographer, Clifford Irving, the charlatan who faked an interview with recluse Howard Hughes and wrote a book about it. The final third of the video relates the story of Oja Kodar (b. 1941) and how she inspired Pablo Picasso to paint her. The pace of the film is almost dizzying from the start. Once the viewer realizes the tempo and nature of the production, though, Welles's true vision of deception is engulfing and fabulous to observe. Bonus features include a documentary about Welles from 1995 and a 60 Minutes interview with Irving. VERDICT Highly recommended for all fans of Welles as actor or director as well as magic and illusion and art forgery.-Jason L. Steagall, Gateway Technical Coll. Lib., Elkhorn, WI (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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