F For Fake

Year: 1974

Grade: C

Country: France

Director: Welles

Review

another pretentious orson welles film; actually this is a documentary. it’s about the line between forged and real art, more or less. he belabors the point and the film lost my interest within the first half. there’s some food for thought here, to be sure, but much of it is fairly basic so far as philosophy goes. there are some interesting style choices that echo the philosophical underpinnings, but nothing that really excited me. i can see why some people would be somewhat interested, but it’s really a relatively basic film for someone as talented as welles.