| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 75 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1987. |
| Summary |
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles's free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career, the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying cinematic journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes, not the least of whom is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, F for fake is an inspired prank and a searching examination of the essential duplicity of cinema. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Hory, Elmyr de.
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Irving, Clifford.
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Magic.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1113001 Kanopy |
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