page_title: F for Fake
section_title: Locations
hierarchical_section_title: F for Fake / Locations
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Donjon de Houdan (Yvelines, France) Deutsch: Wachtturm von Houdan (Yvelines, France) English: Keep tower of Houdan (Yvelines, France) Italiano: Mastio di Houdan (Yvelines, France)
context_page_description: F for Fake is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on the film alongside François Reichenbach, Oja Kodar, and Gary Graver. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art. Far from serving as a traditional documentary on Elmyr de Hory, the film also incorporates Welles's companion Oja Kodar, notorious "hoax-biographer" Clifford Irving, and Orson Welles as himself. F for Fake is sometimes considered an example of a film essay.
  In addition to the 88-minute film, in 1976 Welles also shot and edited a self-contained 9-minute short film as a "trailer", almost entirely composed of original material not found in the main film itself.
context_section_description: Rome, Italy – Girl-watching sequence
  Ibiza, Spain – 16 mm elements from the original Reichenbach documentary
  Paris, France – Gare d'Austerlitz, Champ de Mars, art gallery on left bank, La Méditerranée seafood restaurant
  Los Angeles – The Beverly Hills Hotel – The ham sandwich of Howard Hughes
  Chartres Cathedral – France
  Orvilliers, France – Orson Welles and Oja Kodar house—editing-room scenes, set for various indoor scenes
  Houdan, France – Oja and Picasso story
  Paris-Orly Airport – South terminal terrace and main hall
caption: The Donjon de Houdan, seen in the Oja and Picasso story.
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