F for Fake
Documents the lives of fakers that are infamous Clifford Irving and Elmyr de Hory. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid longer prison time, made his name by simply purchasing works of art by painters such as Matisse and Picasso. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles goes between fiction and documentary since he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the men and women who perpetrate fraud at the expense of the others.
Released: 1975-03-12
Genre:
Documentary
