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Reality and artifice, truths and lies, the means and the ends - these are the
poles traversed by Orson Welles in his landmark examination of the nature of
authenticity and artistic essence: F For Fake. Described by Welles as "a new
kind of film", F For Fake is a prism of a movie, a kaleidoscope in which
fiction, documentary, and the poetic essay interlock, fragment, and recombine to
form one of the most entertaining and profound works in all of cinema.
How to describe a film so unlike any other ever made? In a nutshell F For Fake
opens with a couple of magic tricks, segues as though by sleight-of-hand into
the story of master art-forger Elmyr de Hory and his relationship with
biographer Clifford Irving (a sequence "remixed" by Welles with extant footage
from François Reichenbach's documentary work-in-progress, Elmyr), then hones in
on Irving when word gets out that his purported biography of recluse-mogul
Howard Hughes is a first-class hoax in its own right. Here the film erupts in
all directions, as Welles contrasts the sprawl of 1970s Hollywood with the
halcyon Tinseltown that produced Citizen Kane; contemplates the continent that
provided him with an artistic refuge some 800 years after the anonymous
construction of the cathedral at Chartres; and, lastly, recounts a meeting
between that most un-anonymous of artists - Pablo Picasso - and Welles'
companion Oja Kodar, which took place in her youth, and during which......the
nutshell here clamps shut; the film itself, however, opens up onto infinite
space.
Exhilarating, hilarious, and marvellously idiosyncratic, F For Fake comes to us
from that late period of Orson Welles' cinema which, although perhaps less
widely known than his Hollywood years, nevertheless found one of the movies'
greatest masters at the top of his powers.
Special Features
- Restored transfer from Hi-Definition materials
- Audio commentary from Bill Krohn and Gary Graver
- Booklet
Technical Information
Region 2
Year 1973
Languages English
Subtitles English
Duration 1 hour and 25 minutes (approx)
Classification: Thriller
Certificate: PG Parental Guidance
Director Name: Orson Welles
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