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F for Fake
F for Fake

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F for Fake

PG·1973·89m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Writer

Orson Welles

Co-Writer

Oja Kodar

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

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Keywords

artist
manipulation
illusion
deception
ibiza
essay film
forgery
forger
trickery