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Exit Through the Gift Shop
Why this pick
Like F for Fake, it turns art-world authenticity into a playful, self-questioning cinematic game, with an unreliable sense of who is creating, performing, or being fooled.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1973 1h 28m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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F for Fake
Documentary
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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The Imposter
Why this pick
Its polished reconstruction, competing testimony, and escalating uncertainty echo the exhilarating tension in F for Fake between a compelling story and the truth behind its telling.
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Why this pick
Herzog brings the same fascination with art, authorship, and illusion, but in a more meditative register: images and narration become an essay on why humans make—and believe in—art.
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My Kid Could Paint That
Why this pick
This art-world documentary develops a similarly witty, uneasy interest in authenticity and reputation, allowing questions about authorship to reshape the film’s own point of view.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An unfinished documentary is discovered about the infamous forger Elmyr de Hory, who scandalized the art world with his deception and embodied the mesh between art and lying.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Richard Wilson
Himself
Orson Welles
Himself
Joseph Cotten
Himself
Paul Stewart
Himself
Clifford Irving
Himself
Laurence Harvey
Himself
Peter Bogdanovich
Himself
Howard Hughes
Himself (Archive Footage)