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Year
1973
Runtime
89 min.
Directors
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Gary Graver
Genre
Documentary
Rating *
7.7
Votes *
9,073
Checks
4,195
Favs
529
Dislikes
39
Favs/checks
12.6% (1:8)
Favs/dislikes
14:1
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  1. mi-16evil's avatar

    mi-16evil

    One of my all time favorites. A brilliant look at art, lies, forgery, truth, cinema and acting. Absolute masterpiece and a brilliant end to one of the most brilliant directorial careers of all time. 12 years 7 months ago
  2. akuma587's avatar

    akuma587

    For any fan of experimental cinema, this is a must. 14 years 2 months ago
  3. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Orson Welles' documentary on the greatest art forger in the world (and his biographer, also a con artist of sorts, whose story intersects with Howard Hughes' and thus with Citizen Kane's), F for Fake, delightfully matches form to subject. You're never quite sure what to believe, and Welles' free-wheeling narration plays as many tricks with our perception as does his maverick editing. It's not explicitly discussed, but movies are a kind of con themselves, a juxtaposition of images that make you believe in a continuous narrative. Just because we show a woman boarding a train doesn't mean she's the mother of the boy waiting on the platform, and so on. But film opens you up to believing, and F for Fake, with its documentary trappings, has the bent of truth, only filtered through the lens of the raconteur. What to believe? And does believing make it true? Valuable? Welles has a lot of fun here, but he throws up some intriguing questions about art. 2 years 3 months ago
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