F for Fake

A film by Orson Welles
Starring Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten

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 whom is Welles himself.

 

Technical Information

Production Year
1973
Countries of Production
France, Iran, Germany
Languages
English, Spanish, French
Running Time
89 mins

Past Screenings (since April 2nd, 2009)

Sunday, May 26, 2013
10:30am
Saturday, May 25, 2013
11:30am

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