F for Fake
F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies") is the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a fast-paced, meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art. Loosely a documentary, the film operates in several different genres and has been described as a kind of film essay.
Far from serving as a traditional documentary on Elmyr de Hory, the film also incorporates Welles's companion Oja Kodar, notorious "hoax-biographer" Clifford Irving, and Orson Welles as himself.
In addition to the 88-minute film, in 1976 Welles also shot and edited a self-contained 9-minute short film as a "trailer", almost entirely composed of original material not found in the main film itself.
Plot
Several narratives are woven together throughout the film, including those of de Hory, Irving, Welles, Howard Hughes and Kodar.
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F for Fake
ALBUMS
- F for Fake released: 2005
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by Crack Up
For Fake
by: Crack Upand i?m bored by all of you
like there?s nothing you could do
even if i would pretend
sham will end up with no friend
still here i go
don?t tell me what i wanna hear
my wisdom is with fear
tell me what is left to prove?
I DON?T REGRET A THING
EXPERIENCE ANYTHING YOU NEED
I LET EXPEREIENCE SLOWLY SEEP
you won?t tell me what i wanna hear
my wisdom is with fear
tell me what is left to prove?
you won?t acknowledge what i do
and you won?t tell me what it means
and you can?t see how much remains
what to do and what do you expect from whom...
from another kind of me