Review of F for Fake (1973) by Walter M — 30 Jun 2006
[font=Century Gothic]"F for Fake" is a highly entertaining and rambling cinematic essay compiled by and featuring Orson Welles(this was his last completed film) on the nature of fiction and reality.
(Sometimes it does not matter if a story is true, just that it is a great story.) The movie focuses on a couple of real-life hoaxers - Clifford Irving and Elmyr de Hory on the resort island of Ibiza. De Hory was one of the great art forgers of the 20th century(many experts made an indirect living off of his work) who Irving was writing a biography of.
Irving was also a hoaxer in his own right, having forged an autobiography of Howard Hughes.(In discussing Hughes, Welles mentions that his original idea for "Citizen Kane" was a fictional version of Howard Hughes.
But he does not bring up the fictional version of Howard Hughes in "Diamonds Are Forever.") Welles introduces his own credentials as a hoaxer by mentioning his role in the accidental hoax of his 1938 broadcast of "War of the Worlds.
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This review of F for Fake (1973) was written by Walter M on 30 Jun 2006.
F for Fake has generally received very positive reviews.
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