F for Fake - Orson Welles, Chartres Cathedral

’Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two, but everything must finally fall in war, or wear away into the ultimate and universal ash - the triumphs, the frauds, the treasures and the fakes. A fact of life: we’re going to die. “Be of good heart,“ cry the dead artists out of the living past. “Our songs will all be silenced, but what of it? Go on singing.“ Maybe a man’s name doesn’t matter all that much.’ F for Fake is a 1974 film, released in 1975 in the United States. The film focuses on the life of Elmyr de Hory’s recounting of his career as a professional art forger and forgery in general. It is notable for being Orson Welles final film, which today is renowned as being the procurer of modern editing. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976