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VERITES ET MENSONGES (1973) 

AKAs:
F for Fake (USA) (promotional title)
Truths and Lies (International: English title) (literal title) 


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Frankrijk / Iran / West-Duitsland
Documentaire
85 minuten

geregisseerd door Orson Welles
met Orson Welles, Oja Kodar en Joseph Cotten

Documentaire over bedrog in het algemeen, en de kunstvervalser Elmyr de Hory in het bijzonder.

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Masters of Cinema Collection # 31

DVD Release Date: February 26, 2007


Director: Orson Welles


Description:
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles's free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career -- the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying cinematic 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 searching examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 5.81 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 85 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

Sound (main feature): English

Subtitles: optional English



DISC FEATURES:

# Glorious progressive transfer from a new high-definition restoration.
# Exclusive audio commentary by the film's cinematographer Gary Graver and Bill Krohn (US correspondent for Cahiers du cinema).
# Jonathan Rosenbaum on F For Fake -- a 28 minute video piece.
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