Orson Welles's F for fake
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, performer,
Kodar, Oja, onscreen participant,
Reichenbach, François, 1921-1993, presenter,
Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022 voice actor.
Hory, Elmyr de, onscreen participant.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special edition.
ISBN
0780030028, 9780780030022
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages ; color illustrations ; 19 cm). 
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005].
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0780030028, 9780780030022
UPC
037429206928, 0780030028

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a documentary film in 1972.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1. Audio commentary by Oja Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer; Disc 2. Orson Welles: One-Man Band (1995), 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; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; plus: a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Creation/Production Credits
Original music, Michel Legrand ; editing, Marie-Sophie Dubus with Dominique Engerer ; photography (France and Ibiza), Christian Odasso ; photography (U.S.A. and Toussaint), Gary Graver.
Participants/Performers
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Edith Irving, François Reichenbach, Laurence Harvey, Gary Graver.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs, Dolby Digital mono., dual layer.
Language
Closed-captioned with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Art -- Expertising -- Influence.
Art -- Forgeries.
Art forgers.
Deception.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Expertise -- Psychological aspects.
Feature films.
Fraud.
Hoaxes.
Hory, Elmyr de.
Impostors and imposture.
Irving, Clifford.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Documentary films -- France.
Experimental films -- France.
Feature films -- France.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures -- France.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Welles, O., Kodar, O., Reichenbach, F., Bogdanovich, P., Hory, E. d., Irving, C., Irving, E., Harvey, L., Legrand, M., Dubus, M., Engerer, D., Odasso, C., & Graver, G. (2005). Orson Welles's F for fake (Special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Orson Welles et al.. 2005. Orson Welles's F for Fake. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Orson Welles et al.. Orson Welles's F for Fake Criterion Collection, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Welles, Orson, et al. Orson Welles's F for Fake Special edition., Criterion Collection, 2005.

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