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Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages ; color illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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plastic rdamat |
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4 3/4 in. rda |
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digital optical mono Dolby Digital rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video all regions rda |
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Region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 288 |
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Criterion collection ; 288.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs, Dolby Digital mono., dual layer. |
| Note |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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Title from container. |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Edith Irving, François Reichenbach, Laurence Harvey, Gary Graver. |
| Credits |
Original music, Michel Legrand ; editing, Marie-Sophie Dubus with Dominique Engerer ; photography (France and Ibiza), Christian Odasso ; photography (U.S.A. and Toussaint), Gary Graver. |
| Note |
Originally released as a documentary film in 1972. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Audio commentary by Oja Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer; Disc 2. Orson Welles: One-Man Band (1995), an 88 minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects; Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory; a 60 Minutes interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; plus: a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film: audio commentary by star and co-writer Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver; introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich; extended 9-minute trailer. -- Disc 2: The supplements: Orson Welles: One-Man Band (1995), an 88-minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects; Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory; a 60 Minutes interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; plus: a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. |
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Hory, Elmyr de.
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Irving, Clifford.
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Impostors and imposture.
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Art forgers.
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Art -- Forgeries.
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Art -- Expertising -- Influence.
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Expertise -- Psychological aspects.
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Fraud.
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Deception.
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Hoaxes.
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Literary forgeries and mystifications.
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| Genre |
Experimental films.
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Feature films -- France.
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Experimental films -- France.
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Documentary films -- France.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Experimental films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- France.
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Experimental films -- France.
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Documentary films -- France.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, performer, film director, screenwriter.
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Kodar, Oja, on-screen participant, screenwriter.
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Reichenbach, François, 1921-1993, presenter, executive producer, on-screen participant.
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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022, voice actor.
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Hory, Elmyr de, on-screen participant.
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Irving, Clifford, on-screen participant.
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Irving, Edith, on-screen participant.
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Harvey, Laurence, on-screen participant.
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Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer (expression)
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Dubus, Marie-Sophie, editor of moving image work.
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Engerer, Dominique, editor of moving image work.
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Odasso, Christian, director of photography, on-screen participant.
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Graver, Gary, director of photography, on-screen participant.
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Films du Prisme (Firm), presenter, production company.
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Films de l'Astrophore, production company.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
F for fake |
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Title from opening frames: About fakes |
| ISBN |
9780780030022 |
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0780030028 |
| Standard No. |
037429206928 : $39.99 |
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0780030028 $39.95 |
| Music # |
FAK020 Criterion collection |
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