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F for Fake
(Vérités et Mensonges)
“A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.”
19731h 29mDocumentary
Overview
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
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Alternative Titles
Truths and LiesGB
F for Fake - Verità e menzognaIT
? – About FakesFR
F wie FälschungDE
FraudeES
ФальшивкаSU
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