A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician. - F for Fake
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Title: F for Fake
Release Date: 1 Sep 1973
Runtime: 1h 29m
Genre: Documentary
Director: SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen
Production Companies: SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen
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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