How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective (2018)

Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by keiferski on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:37PM (#28697139)

If you are at all interested in art forgery (or just good cinema) I highly recommend the Orson Welles film F for Fake. It’s a true story about how a man who faked a biography of Howard Hughes went to meet one of the greatest art forgers of the 20th century, all wrapped together with great commentary on the concepts of fakery and originality. Incredible film.

The entire thing used to be on YouTube but here’s the trailer:

https://youtu.be/twlA_yzagXo

Edit: Every Frame a Painting made a great analysis video on it too:

https://youtu.be/1GXv2C7vwX0

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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by whiskeytuesday on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @07:57PM (#28701561)

F for Fake remains one of my all time favourites, it's not quite a documentary, it's not quite a video essay, it's not quite a movie. I've still not seen anything else that skirts the line in exactly the same way, and certainly not so long ago. I am admittedly a huge shill for big Welles though.

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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by keiferski on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:34AM (#28703508)

Banksy’s film Exit Through the Gift Shop reminded me of F for Fake. Ostensibly a documentary but with more complexity.

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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by devindotcom on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:21PM (#28697778)

I'd never heard of this, how interesting. I'll save this for a rainy day (and there are lots coming). Thank you.

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Re:How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery d... by keiferski on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:34PM (#28697960)

No problem! It is a really entertaining movie.

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