
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Elmyr de Hory
Self

Clifford Irving
Self

Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self

Paul Stewart
Self
Richard Wilson
Self

Joseph Cotten
Self

Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Drewett
Self

Dear Jinri
Dear Jinri

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts

Italiques: Roland Topor
Italiques: Roland Topor

Robert Morris: Retrospective
Robert Morris: Retrospective

Moonface: A Woman in the War
Moonface: A Woman in the War

Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe

The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism

Filmfarsi
Filmfarsi

Godard Cinema
Godard Cinema

Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy
Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy

The Forger
The Forger

Crumb
Crumb