F for fake / a Janus Films presentation.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, director.

Antoine, Dominique, active 17th century-18th century, producer, producer.

Reichenbach, François, 1921-1993, producer.

Janus Films, producer.

SACI (Firm), producer.

Films de l'Astrophore, producer.

Home Vision (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hory, Elmyr de.

Irving, Clifford.

Counterfeits and counterfeiting.

Magicians.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (88 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Edition:

Letterboxed.

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Home Vision, [between 2000 and 2009]

System Details:

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

A meditation on illusionism, the role of the artist being that of a charlatan-magician. Portraits of art forger Elmyr de Hory (using footage from Francois Reichenbach's film) and Clifford Irving (forger of Howard Hughes's autobiography) intermingle with Welles's own connection with 'fakes' - Picasso paintings and his famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Above all, in this film-essay, Welles delights in the artifice of the cinema - the power of editing to 'fake' cinematic space.

Participant:

Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving.

Credits:

Director, Orson Welles ; producers, Dominique Antoine, Francois Reichenbach ; photography, Christian Odasso, Gary Graver ; music, Michel Legrand.

Notes:

"SACI, Les films de l'astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen, 1975"--Credits.

ISBN:

0780017412

OCLC:

33087756

Publisher Number:

037429094532

FAK010 Home Vision