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Word: hoaxster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1977-1977
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...pennies out of a boy's mouth and making keys disappear. Next he jumps to his editing room, where he's making movie magic--cutting and splicing a documentary about another sleight-of-hand expert. Hungarian art forger Elmyr deHory. But also about deHory's biographer. Clifford Irving, a hoaxster in his own right. Have it straight so far? F for Fake is thus a cinematic illusion (movie), directed by a renowned beguiler (Welles), about a world-famous flimflammer (Irving) who at the time the film was shot just happened to be assembling a life story of the modern...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: H for Hype | 1/13/1977 | See Source »

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