Orson Welles's F for fake

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Title:

Orson Welles's F for fake

ISBN:

9780780030022

Publication Information:

[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2005.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

Series:

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; .

General Note:

Originally produced as motion picture in 1972.

Special features: "Orson Welles: one-man band" (1995), an 88-minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects; "Almost true: the noble art of forgery" (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory; a "60 minutes" interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Subject Term:

Impostors and imposture.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Added Author:

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.

Added Corporate Author:

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Summary:

Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career - the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies.

System Details:

DVD.

Language Note:

CLOSED-CAPTIONED FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.

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Searching... Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)	DVD 001.95 ORS 2 DISCS	Searching... Unknown
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Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles's free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career - the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying cinematic journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes - not the least of which is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, F for Fake is an inspired examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.

Summary

Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career - the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. This edition includes many special features.

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Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) is often remembered as a creative genius who couldn't finish his films. F for Fake is one he did complete, in 1975. The first hour of the program is what Welles (1915-85) calls an "essay." It focuses on art forger Elmyr de Hory (1906-76) and his biographer, Clifford Irving, the charlatan who faked an interview with recluse Howard Hughes and wrote a book about it. The final third of the video relates the story of Oja Kodar (b. 1941) and how she inspired Pablo Picasso to paint her. The pace of the film is almost dizzying from the start. Once the viewer realizes the tempo and nature of the production, though, Welles's true vision of deception is engulfing and fabulous to observe. Bonus features include a documentary about Welles from 1995 and a 60 Minutes interview with Irving. VERDICT Highly recommended for all fans of Welles as actor or director as well as magic and illusion and art forgery.-Jason L. Steagall, Gateway Technical Coll. Lib., Elkhorn, WI (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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