A screening of F for Fake (1973) with an introduction by academic Dr AnnMarie Brennan.
In F for Fake, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of the world- renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying 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 clever examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.
Dr Brennan, an academic of design history and theory in the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne. has contributed to multiple publications on the history of media, digital technologies, post-war architecture and design, and digital heritage.
