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F for Fake

1973 [FRENCH]

Action / Documentary

F for Fake

1973 [FRENCH]

Action / Documentary

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7.7/10 · 20K

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Plot 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.

Director

Orson Welles

Top cast

Orson Welles as Himself - Narrator

Laurence Harvey as Himself

Joseph Cotten as Himself - Special Participant

Peter Bogdanovich as Special Participant

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

702.71 MB

1280*720

French 2.0

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23.976 fps

1 hr 29 min

Seeds 4

1.24 GB

1920*1080

French 2.0

Subtitles

23.976 fps

1 hr 29 min

Seeds 67

Comments 2

cachapoal 1104 days ago

Michel Legrand Orchestra - F for Fake - Orson Welles

francosabellariverti 2818 days ago

I first saw "The Other Side of the Wind" and then this. You can see clearly what he was aiming for. The style of editing and storytelling of Orson Welles it's incredible, a true genius. Read this with Orson's voice please: YOU MUST SEE IT.

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IMDb reviews

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10 / 10

This movie is a masterpiece -- it is

C_Hickcock

This movie is a masterpiece -- it is equal parts an insightful essay, a magic trick and a prank. Welles considered it a new type of film -- its subject matter…

7 / 10

"A little bit of luck, and a dash of larceny."

classicsoncall

In a perfect metaphor for what transpires today in the realm of 'fake news', I caught this Orson Welles picture the other day, intrigued by the title but…

In a perfect metaphor for what transpires today in the realm of 'fake news', I caught this Orson Welles picture the other day, intrigued by the title but having no idea what it was about. Welles himself introduces the story, positioned as magician, charlatan and a fake himself, and as the picture proceeds, one begins to wonder how much of it is real and how much might have been fabricated given the nature of the set up. Primarily, it's the story of Elmyr de Hory, self described and notably regarded as the greatest art forger in the history of the world. His renditions of Modigliani, Picasso and a host of other famous artists appeared to be so genuine that they managed to fool even the 'experts'. Probably my biggest takeaway from the film was de Hory's contention that 'experts' were highly overrated, a feeling I've maintained for the longest time because so often they've been proven wrong. Think of stock market analysts, professional pollsters or political pundits, wrong every day of the week and never held to account. It makes me crazy. Adding to the surreal nature of the story is the involvement of author Clifford Irving, himself a fraudster of undisputed merit over the Howard Hughes biography affair of the early Seventies. Irving held the world in thrall as Hughes denounced him and sued his publisher before the truth came out. Welles, no stranger to transposing fiction for fact, includes snippets of his 'War of the Worlds' radio hoax in 1938. I've often wondered how I might have reacted if I'd been born early enough to hear that broadcast. I'd like to believe I wouldn't have been taken in by it, but who's to say; I heard a recreation of it once, and without commercial breaks, it sounded like it could have been on the up and up. When I initially started watching this film, I almost gave up on it when I realized it wasn't going to be a 'real' movie, but then thought 'what the heck'. Elmyr de Hory did seem like a fascinating character, the kind of person I would personally avoid like the plague, but he did have a compelling insight regarding his philosophy about forged art. He said that if they hung around long enough, they would become real. You almost can't argue with logic like that.

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