CRITERION COLLECTION: F FOR FAKE [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Comedy, Documentary
• Plot: Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages 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.
• Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten, François Reichenbach, Richard Wilson, Paul Stewart, Alexander Welles, Gary Graver, Andrés Vicente Gómez, Julio Palinkas, Christian Odasso, Françoise Widhoff, Peter Bogdanovich, William Alland, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Elmyr de Hory, Laurence Harvey, Clifford Irving, Nina Van Pallandt, Marie-Sophie Dubus, Dominique Engerer, Michel Legrand, Paul Bertault
• Director: Orson Welles
• Runtime: 1:27
• Company: Les films du prisme, Les Films de L'Astrophore, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie