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Orson Welles's F for fake, Les Films de L'Astrophore ; directed by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich

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Orson Welles's F for fake, Les Films de L'Astrophore ; directed by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
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MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Orson Welles's F for fake
Oclc number
59109967
Responsibility statement
Les Films de L'Astrophore ; directed by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich
Runtime
237
Series statement
Criterion collection, 288Classic collection
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
Table Of Contents
Disc 1: the film: audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer. -- Disc 2: the supplements: 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; plus: a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
F for fake
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