| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 288 |
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Classic collection.
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 288.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released in 1976. |
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Special features: Disc 1: the film : audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by 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. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gary Graver. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Performer |
Narration by Orson Welles; starring Oja Kodar; features Elmyr de Horay and Clifford Irving. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film. With audio commentary by Ojar Kodar and Gary Graver; introduction by 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. |
| Subject |
Impostors and imposture -- Videodiscs.
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Art forgers -- Videodiscs.
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Art -- Forgeries -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction films.
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Experimental films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939-2022
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Kodar, Oja.
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Hory, Elmyr de.
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Irving, Clifford.
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Irving, Edith.
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Harvey, Laurence.
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Films de l'Astrophore.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
At head of title: Orson Welles's |
| Added Title |
F for fake (Motion picture)
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One-man band (Motion picture)
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Almost true: The noble art of forgery (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0780030028 |
| Standard No. |
037429206928 |
| Music No. |
10111339 |
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FAK020 Criterion collection |
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