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Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory (2017) Online

Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory (2017) Online
Original Title :
Real Fake: The Art, Life u0026 Crimes of Elmyr De Hory
Genre :
Movie / Documentary
Year :
2017
Directror :
Jeff Oppenheim
Writer :
Jeff Oppenheim
Budget :
$1,000,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 25min
Rating :
6.6/10
Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory (2017) Online

Walk into any of the world's museums or art auction houses, and you have good reason to doubt your own eyes. Is that Picasso real? Did Modigliani really paint that masterpiece? The answer may be no. These works could very well be the hand of one of history's most versatile and prolific art forger-Elmyr de Hory. 40-years after Elmyr's death, Filmmaker Jeff Oppenheim ("Funny Valentine," Universal Pictures, "A Passion for Giving," PBS) embarks on a re-examination of the facts of the case. A cadre of art experts discuss the issue of forgery within the art market at large, while a team of investigators dig into the life, art and crimes of this enigmatic forger. Assuming all previous information known about this forger might be as "wrong" as his art, the team examines the provenance, forensics and connoisseurship of Elmyr de Hory. Together they cut through a myriad of aliases, searching for never-before-revealed archival records, police files and personal remembrances of those that knew him...
Credited cast:
Jeff Oppenheim Jeff Oppenheim - Himself


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I love good documentaries about art forgery and theft! So I was eager to watch this film after I stumbled upon it on Amazon. But as interesting as Elmyr De Hory's long, lurid career as a top art forger was it was nearly immediately dulled by the choppy editing, the terrible amateurish sound and the thick accents of the people interviewed. I managed to last 20 minutes before I gave up of this mostly incoherent documentary, Very disappointing.