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- 1975
- PG
- Specialty Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 1975
- PG
- Specialty Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Directed By: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach
Written By: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
- 1975
- PG
- Specialty Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 1975
- PG
- Specialty Films
- 1 h 29 m
F for Fake
7.2
Summary A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Directed By: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach
Written By: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
87
94% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Thirty-nine years on, it’s as vivacious as ever.
A one-of-a-kind essay centered on art forgery and hoaxes that is built from spare parts, questionable coverage, obvious overdubbing, and outright bluff, 'F for Fake' is a masterwork most often hailed for its hijacking of documentary form to tease cinema's capacity for making truth out of bullshit
A loving tribute to chicanery, deception, misdirection, scoundrels, sleight of hand, con artistry, dishonesty, and flimflammery in all its myriad guises. It is, in other words, a valentine to filmmaking in general, and its larger-than-life creator in particular.
A charming, witty meditation upon fakery, forgery, swindling and art, a movie that may itself be its own Exhibit A.
Alternately superficial and profound, the film also enlists the services of Oja Kodar, Welles's principal collaborator after the late 60s, as actor, erotic spectacle, and cowriter, and briefer appearances by many other Welles cohorts. Michel Legrand supplied the wonderful score.
F for Fake is a minor work in some ways, but there is fascination and poignancy in seeing Welles's elegant retreat into this hall of mirrors.
The result is a curios, unsatisfactory pastiche of documentary tidbits acquired from Reichenbach and speculative filler supplied by Welles himself, who appears prowling around in his Felliniesque hat and cape, performing a couple of magic tricks and mostly pontificating about himself, Hughes, Irving, de Hory and the nature of art and illusion in the editing room or a the dinner table.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Production Company
Les Films de l'Astrophore,
SACI,
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Release Date Sep 27, 1975
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating PG
Genres
Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sant Jordi Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
