F for Fake
Taste attributes: documentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricateglossyenclosedsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, slow-paced documentary, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like patience over pace.
Pace: very slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
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- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
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- Genre
- Documentary
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Janus Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
