F For Fake (Criterion Collection)
[Blu-Ray]

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SYNOPSIS ORSON WELLES'S DELIGHTFULLY SHIFTY DOCUMENTARY Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form documentary by ORSON WELLES (Citizen Kane), the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully re-engages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line 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. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES * Restored digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Audio commentary from 2005 by co-writer and star Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver * Introduction from 2005 by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich * Orson Welles: One-Man Band, a documentary from 1995 about Welles's unfinished projects * Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery, a 52-minute documentary from 1997 about art forger Elmyr de Hory * 60 Minutes interview from 2000 with Clifford Irving about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax * Hughes's 1972 press conference exposing Irving's hoax * Extended, 9-minute trailer * PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

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