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F for Fake (Verites et mensonges)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Release Date: | September 1, 1974 |
| Running time: | 95 minutes |
| Cast: | Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson |
| Director: | Orson Welles |
| Producer: | Dominique Antoine |
| Writer: | Orson Welles, Oja Kodar |
| Distributor: | Saguenay Films |
Description: Four people stand at the center of this documentary: Elmyr de Hory, who some believe forged more than a thousand masterpieces, many of which hang in some of the world's most famous museums; Clifford Irving, who is not only out to prove what a fake Elmyr is but also wrote a fake biography of Howard Hughes; Oja Kodar, who claims that Pablo Picasso painted 22 canvases of her that no one has ever seen; and Welles himself, who harks back to his days creating the havoc-causing "The War of the Worlds" for radio. But the true star of the film is the editing; from absurd stock footage to shots of Welles smirking into the camera from different locations to scenes with a monkey scurrying about, the film is vastly entertaining to watch.
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