| Description |
2 videodisc (DVD)s (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 288 |
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Criterion collection ; 288
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| Summary |
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In this free-form documentary, the legendary filmmaker gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career - the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies |
| Notes |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1972 |
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Special features: "Orson Welles: one-man band" (1995), an 88-minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects; "Almost true: the noble art of forgery" (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory; a "60 minutes" interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax; a 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax; a new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gary Graver ; written by Orson Welles and Oja Kodar; Directed by Peter Bogdanovich |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Edith Irving, Laurence Harvey, other featured performers |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired |
| Subject |
Impostors and imposture.
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Art forgers.
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Art -- Forgeries.
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| Genre/Form |
Experimental films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVDs
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Kodar, Oja.
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Hory, Elmyr de.
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Irving, Clifford.
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Irving, Edith
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Harvey, Laurence.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780030028 |
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