Director
Orson Welles
Screenplay
Orson Welles
Cinematography
François Reichenbach
Editing
Marie-Sophie Dubus, Dominique Engerer
Music
Michel Legrand
Sound
Paul Bertault
Producer
François Reichenbach
Production
Les Films de l’Astrophore [FR]
Cast
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey
Synopsis
Orson Welles tries to portray the great forger Elmyr de Hory, who dedicated himself to imitating with high fidelity the works of contemporary painters. Along with the filmmaker François Reichenbach, fascinated b the techniques of the art of illusion, Welles proposes a whole framework about truth and lies
Format
DCP, Color
World Sales-Distribution
Documentaire sur Gran Écran
Filmography
Orson Welles
USA (1915-1985)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1973 F FOR FAKE
1965 CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
1958 TOUCH OF EVIL
1942 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
1941 CITIZEN KANE
USA (1915-1985)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1973 F FOR FAKE
1965 CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
1958 TOUCH OF EVIL
1942 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
1941 CITIZEN KANE
Festivals
Cannes
Notes
Restored Print
F FOR FAKE was restored by Les Films de L'Astrophore and the Cinémathèque française in collaboration with Documentaire sur grand écran, the Cinémathèque suisse and the Institut audiovisuel de Monaco with the support of Hiventy and the Neuflize OBC Foundation. The image and sound restoration work was carried out at the Hiventy laboratory from the original negative and at the Studio LE. Diapason from the 35 mm magnetic tracks.
F FOR FAKE was restored by Les Films de L'Astrophore and the Cinémathèque française in collaboration with Documentaire sur grand écran, the Cinémathèque suisse and the Institut audiovisuel de Monaco with the support of Hiventy and the Neuflize OBC Foundation. The image and sound restoration work was carried out at the Hiventy laboratory from the original negative and at the Studio LE. Diapason from the 35 mm magnetic tracks.
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