F for Fake - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (Import)

ORSON WELLES'S DELIGHTFULLY SHIFTY DOCUMENTARY Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form documentary by ORSON WELLES (Citizen Kane), the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully re-engages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous line 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. BLU-RAY Special Edition FeaturesRestored digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2005 by co-writer and star Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary GraverIntroduction from 2005 by filmmaker Peter BogdanovichOrson Welles: One-Man Band, a documentary from 1995 about Welles's unfinished projectsAlmost True: The Noble Art of Forgery, a 52-minute documentary from 1997 about art forger Elmyr de Hory60 Minutes interview from 2000 with Clifford Irving about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoaxHughes's 1972 press conference exposing Irving's hoaxExtended, 9-minute trailerPLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum