Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles's free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career-the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying cinematic 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 searching examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.

Supplements Audio commentary by star and co-writer Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver Introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich 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 Extended 9-minute trailer

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