DeMilleвЂќ and вЂњClaudette ColbertвЂќ collections. Recent examples include FoxVideoвЂ™s вЂњStudio ClassicsвЂќ collection and MCA/UniversalвЂ™s вЂњCecil B. Studios are aggressively excavating untapped treasures in their vaults.

She is currently working on a compilation film comprising excerpts from these projects.ДЄ s the sales success of such commercial hits as вЂњForrest Gump,вЂќ вЂњSpeedвЂќ and вЂњThe MaskвЂќ indicates, there is a growing video consumer market outside the traditional family base. As the co-writer of вЂњThe Other Side of the WindвЂќ and other unfinished and unreleased projects, she was one of WellesвЂ™ closest collaborators in the last 25 years of his life. вЂњF for FakeвЂќ is also notable, he said, as the only film for which Oja Kodar is known. вЂњConsider the вЂWar of the WorldsвЂ™ broadcast and the fake newsreel in вЂCitizen Kane.вЂ™ вЂќ вЂњThroughout his career, Welles had an ironic relationship with the documentary form,вЂќ Rosenbaum said. Ironically, Rosenbaum noted, вЂњF for FakeвЂќ is the only other film besides вЂњKaneвЂќ in which Welles enjoyed complete creative control without any outside interference.ДЄlso worth pondering, he said, is the dialectic between the titles: вЂњItвЂ™s All True,вЂќ produced at the beginning of WellesвЂ™ career, and вЂњF for Fake,вЂќ one of his last completed projects. It has been suggested that вЂњF for FakeвЂќ was, in part, WellesвЂ™ answer to Pauline KaelвЂ™s controversial article in which she challenged his contributions to the вЂњCitizen KaneвЂќ screenplay. I think he exposes a lot of himself in terms of his feelings about his own work.вЂќ вЂњBut everything he did was a stylistic departure. вЂњIt is a stylistic departure,вЂќ said critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, author of the just-published collection вЂњPlacing Movies: The Practice of Film CriticismвЂќ and the editor of вЂњThis Is Orson Welles,вЂќ by Welles and Peter Bogdanovich. It reportedly took a year working seven days a week to edit the film. After IrvingвЂ™s hoax was exposed, Welles bought ReichenbachвЂ™s footage and re-edited it with new scenes he directed. Much of вЂњF for FakeвЂќвЂ™ consists of footage originally shot in 1968 by Francois Reichenbach for a documentary about De Hory. Welles speaks of his own вЂњflight into fakery,вЂќ his вЂњWar of the WorldsвЂќ broadcast, and also presents some tantalizing вЂњinsightsвЂќ into his monumental first film, вЂњCitizen Kane.вЂќ Welles escorts viewers вЂњthrough the looking glassвЂќ into the world of true lies, trickery and fraud as practiced by art forger Elmyr de Hory and his biographer, Clifford Irving, who himself scammed the literary world by forging an autobiography of Howard Hughes. It was released in Europe before it received limited art-house play in the United States in 1977. It was completed in 1973 and premiered at the San Sebastian and New York film festivals. The video release of вЂњF for FakeвЂќ makes accessible this mischievous film, which like much of WellesвЂ™ work has a spotty distribution history. вЂњF for FakeвЂќ joins on video other recently rediscovered Welles rarities, including his uncompleted documentary вЂњItвЂ™s All TrueвЂќ (Paramount Home Video), вЂњOrson WellesвЂ™ Ghost StoryвЂќ (the retitled Oscar-nominated short subject вЂњReturn to Glennascaul,вЂќ available on MPI Home Video) and вЂњOthelloвЂќ (currently on moratorium). Both retail for $38.95.Д¬ompleting a trilogy of releases featuring Welles is the home video premiere of Carol ReedвЂ™s 1949 masterpiece вЂњThe Third Man,вЂќ in its original, uncut British version along with introductory narration by the director. Welles also figures prominently in a companion Home Vision release, вЂњThree Cases of Murder,вЂќ a lesser-known 1954 British anthology film that features Welles as the title figure in вЂњLord Mountdrago,вЂќ a segment based on a Somerset Maugham story about a guilt-ridden politician driven mad by conscience. Orson Welles is up to his old tricks in вЂњF for Fake,вЂќ available for the first time Tuesday on Home Vision Cinema, an independent, Chicago-based fine arts label. вЂњWhy not,вЂќ he replies in that instantly recognizable bass voice.

вЂњUp to your old tricks,вЂќ a beautiful bystander calls out. A key disappears, reappears and is seemingly transformed into a rush of coins. The caped figure on the rail way platform holds a child spellbound as he performs a magic trick.

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