Orson Welles's F for fake
Edition
Special ed.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narration by Orson Welles; starring Oja Kodar; features Elmyr de Horay and Clifford Irving.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (ca. 237 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary
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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released in 1976.
Special features: Disc 1: the film : audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer; Disc 2: the supplements: 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.
Contents
- Disc 1: the film: audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer.
- Disc 2: the supplements: 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.