F for fake
- Publication/Creation:
- [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- F for fake / Les Films du prisme presentent ; François Reichenbach presents a film by Orson Welles ; [directed by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich] ; les Films de l'Astrophore
- Uniform Title:
- F for fake (Motion picture)
- Series Titles:
- The Criterion collection ; 288
Criterion collection ; 288.
- Variant Titles:
- Also known as: Vérités et mesonges
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022
Hory, Elmyr de
Irving, Clifford
Irving, Edith
Harvey, Laurence
Graver, Gary
Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
Reichenbach, François, 1921-1993
Dubus, Marie-Sophie
Engerer, Dominique
Films du Prisme (Firm)
Films de l'Astrophore
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Documentary films
Experimental films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Impostors and imposture
Art forgers
Art--Forgeries
Description/Summary
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. - Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
- Technical Note:
- Blu-ray, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player.
- General Note:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Special features: Audio commentaries; introduction from 2005 by filmmaker Peter Bogdonovich; episode of the talk show Tomorrow from 1975; Orson Welles: One-man band; Almost true: The noble art of forgery; 60 Minutes interview from 2000 with Clifford Irving about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; audio recording of Hughe's 1972 press conference exposing Irving's hoax; extended, nine-minute trailer; essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Edith Irving, Laurence Harvey, other featured performers.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Gary Graver ; written by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar; Music by Michel Legrand; Cinematography by François Reichenbach; Film editing by Marie-Sophie Dubus, Dominique Engerer and Orson Wells.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990035183030302486
- ISBN:
- 1604659246
9781604659245 - OCLC Number:
- 893477968
- Other Identifiers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515129114
- Publisher Number:
- CC2409BD The Criterion Collection
- Barcode:
- 010002770350
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