Movie · 1973

F for Fake

A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.

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Documentary fiction hybrid Reality shifting Self reflexive Playful deception Art forgery Philosophical inquiry

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Release
1973
Runtime
89 min

Synopsis

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.

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