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F for Fake (1973)
Runtime 89m
Released March 13, 1973
Languages English, French, Spanish; Castilian
Genres Documentary
Rating Unknown
Orson Welles' free-form documentary about fakery focusses on the notorious art forger Elmyr de Hory and Elmyr's biographer, Clifford Irving, who also wrote the celebrated fraudulent Howard Hughes autobiography, then touches on the reclusive Hughes and Welles' own career (which started with a faked resume and a phony Martian invasion). On the way, Welles plays a few tricks of his own on the audience.
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I think is so fitting that the man that created what is deemed as the most important american film also gave us a small personal film that is truly a masterpiece.
A creation based on the creation of others. Lies told as truth and truth told as lies. F for Fake is a documentary but not really. It is an illusion, but not really. There is truth here but also potent lies. It is a movie about forgery and a movie about the best forgery of all: film. It is a puzzle that does not need to be solved.
It is also a very personal reflection for Welles but also a grand statement about how potent lies can become potent truths (even tough they are not meant to last: but alas, isn't life just like that).
A creation based on the creation of others. Lies told as truth and truth told as lies. F for Fake is a documentary but not really. It is an illusion, but not really. There is truth here but also potent lies. It is a movie about forgery and a movie about the best forgery of all: film. It is a puzzle that does not need to be solved.
It is also a very personal reflection for Welles but also a grand statement about how potent lies can become potent truths (even tough they are not meant to last: but alas, isn't life just like that).
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