F for Fake
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Orson Welles Run Time: 89 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1973 Language: in English and French w/ English Subtitles
Starring: Clifford Irving, Elmyr de Hory, Orson Welles
Staff Pick from Zack (Front of House)
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies.
Beginning with portraits of the world- renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes—not the least of whom is Welles himself.
Charming and inventive, F for Fake is an inspired prank and a clever examination of the essential duplicity of cinema. – Janus Films