Rent F for Fake (1975)
3.7 of 5 from 129 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In 'F for Fake', a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of the world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes - not the least of whom is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, 'F for Fake' is an inspired prank and a clever examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.
- Actors:
- Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey, Edith Irving, David Walsh, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson, Joseph Cotten, Howard Hughes, Richard Drewitt, Alexander Welles, Gary Graver, Andrés Vicente Gómez, Julio Palinkas, Christian Odasso, Françoise Widhoff, Peter Bogdanovich
- Directors:
- Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach
- Producers:
- Dominique Antoine
- Voiced By:
- Peter Bogdanovich, William Alland
- Writers:
- Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Top 10 Best Last Films, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/07/2018
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary from 2005 by co-writer and star Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver
- Introduction from 2005 by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
- Episode of the talk show Tomorrow from 1975 featuring an extensive interview with Welles Orson Welles: One-Man Band, a documentary from 1995 about Welles's unfinished projects
- Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery, a fifty-two-minute documentary from 1997 about art forger Elmyr de Hory
- 60 Minutes interview from 2000 with Clifford Irving about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
- Audio recording of Hughes's 1972 press conference exposing Irving's hoax
- Extended, nine-minute trailer
- An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
