February 18, 2008
intriguing
Andres Vincente Gomez, François Reichenbach, Gary Graver
Four people stand at the center of this documentary: Elmyr de Hory, who some believe forged more than a thousand masterpieces, many of which hang in some of the world's most famous museums; Clifford I...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005
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November 16, 2007Amazing free form documentary by the master Orson Welles.
Examining the story of a famous art forger and his biographer (the now infamous Cliford Irving who was featured in the film "The Hoax") Welles asks what is real and what is fake?
Absolutly facinating, a must see for ...( read more) -
July 21, 2007"Ladies and gentleman, by way of introduction, this is a film about trickery, fraud, about lies. Tell it by the fireside or in a marketplace or in a movie, almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie. But not this time. This is a promise. For the next hour, everythin...( read more)
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January 8, 2009The last film from Orson Welles and a great one it is too.
It started off as just a made for TV documentary filmed by François Reichenbach about the art forger Elmyr de Hory. But when it was discovered that de Hory's biographer, Clifford Irving, was doing some faking off his ow...( read more) -
August 4, 2009Not echt WElles, perhaps, but no one makes else films like this... so elegant, so clever, so surprising, so beautiful, so warm, so wonderful.
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November 19, 2008I wonder if the confusing editing and slagging last 20 minutes were intentional. But with Orson Welles at the helm, it kinda makes sense.
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May 31, 2008so far ahead of it's time. there is so much to enjoy here. one of Welle's best works.
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