F For Fake (DVD)
Criterion Voyager
APPROX. 87 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1976 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Apr 26, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Video: |
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Disc 1
- Audio commentary by star and co-writer Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver
- Introduction by director Peter Bogdonavich
- Extended 9-minute trailer
- Disc 2
- Orson Welles: One-Man Band (1988), 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
- Plus: A new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Synopsis
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles' free-form documentary ifor 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 goes on a dizzying cinematic journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes-not the least of which is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, F for Fake is an inspired examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.
Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Arthur AgeeOrson WellesWilliam Gates
"F For Fake"
Written byOrson Wellesdirected byOrson Welles
Production Year: 1976
"F For Fake"
Written byOrson Wellesdirected byOrson Welles
Production Year: 1976
