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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.
F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies") is the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film.
Mar 12, 1975 · F for Fake: Directed by Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach. With Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory. A documentary about fraud and fakery.
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- Documentary
- Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar
- 1975-03-12
"F For Fake" is minor Welles, the master idly tuning his instrument while the concert seems never to start again. But it's engaging and fun, and it's astonishing how easily Welles spins a movie out of next to nothing.
Orson Welles' final film 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...
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- Orson Welles
- PG
- Documentary
In F for Fake, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies.
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.
