Houdin &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Houdin @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:53:44 +0200 Vérités et Mensonges [F for Fake] (Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar +... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/verites-et-mensonges-1973 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Vérités et Mensonges [F for Fake] (Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar + François Reichenbach, 1973)/div div class="month" March/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" Smoke And Mirrors Day /div div class="img" Vérités et Mensonges (1973)/div div class="caption" A wide shot of Orson Welles in his black cape and wide rimmed hat. His corpulence and black outfit sharply contrast with the bright, white background. The background is a white plane, held up by two assistants. The wide shot reveals that Welles, the white plane, and the assistants are on the platform of a train station, obscuring a passenger train if in close-up. DP: François Reichenbach./div div class="txt" ##### Vérités et Mensonges is what it's actually called, but you may know it as F for Fake. Orson Welles and three uncredited fellow conspirators – Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, and François Reichenbach – delve into the world of #art forger Elmyr de Hory by way of his biographer Clifford Irving. "Back to the old tricks." ### – Orson Welles\ ##### Welles et al free-associate with concepts of art, lies, #deception, and #authenticity. #Houdin, Welles, #Picasso and Hughes, hoaxers, hucksters and artists in their own right. And then it's over: this work of art, this sleight of hand, this demonstration of factuality, an exposé./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #SmokeAndMirrorsDay #OrsonWelles #GaryGraver #OjaKodar #FrançoisReichenbach #HowardHughes #MichelLegrand #hoax #EssayFilm #documentary #satire #France #Iran #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Vérités et Mensonges [F for Fake] (Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar + François Reichenbach, 1973)

March

29

Smoke And Mirrors Day

Vérités et Mensonges (1973)

A wide shot of Orson Welles in his black cape and wide rimmed hat. His corpulence and black outfit sharply contrast with the bright, white background. The background is a white plane, held up by two assistants. The wide shot reveals that Welles, the white plane, and the assistants are on the platform of a train station, obscuring a passenger train if in close-up. DP: François Reichenbach.

Vérités et Mensonges is what it's actually called, but you may know it as F for Fake. Orson Welles and three uncredited fellow conspirators – Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, and François Reichenbach – delve into the world of #art forger Elmyr de Hory by way of his biographer Clifford Irving.

“Back to the old tricks.”

– Orson Welles

Welles et al free-associate with concepts of art, lies, #deception, and #authenticity. #Houdin, Welles, #Picasso and Hughes, hoaxers, hucksters and artists in their own right. And then it's over: this work of art, this sleight of hand, this demonstration of factuality, an exposé.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #SmokeAndMirrorsDay #OrsonWelles #GaryGraver #OjaKodar #FrançoisReichenbach #HowardHughes #MichelLegrand #hoax #EssayFilm #documentary #satire #France #Iran #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

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