…cat rap so many Times I'll either leave it to the end or leave it out entirely. There was a chap named Elmir Something or other maybe nobody knows his real name he's generally referred to as Elmir. He had several last names spelled different…

…out entirely. There was a chap named Elmir Something or other maybe nobody knows his real name he's generally referred to as Elmir. He had several last names spelled different ways and sometimes he had the title baron Elmir De Horry, sometimes he was…

…real name he's generally referred to as Elmir. He had several last names spelled different ways and sometimes he had the title baron Elmir De Horry, sometimes he was Louis Rene. Well anyway he had quite a few names. He was busted in France for painting…

…masterpieces they'd been authenticated by art experts. The only problem was he put the wrong signatures on them. Instead of signing them Elmir, he signed them Van Gogh and cezanne and Picasso and names like that. This is known as art forgery. Now Elmir's…

…the blue period. Every time I see a blue Picasso I really like I think jesus that's great. Is that a Picasso or an Elmir? My only answer is it's a Picasso maybe. And then his co the guy who wrote Elmir's Biography, cliff. His full name was Clifford…

…obviously fine legal work went into it and it was signed with Howard Hughes Signature. As soon as it was announced that Elmir was getting that Clifford Irving was getting a million and a half for a biography of Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes announced he…

…popular. Well it's a new generation of course. Effa fake claims to be a documentary about two fakers. The first faker was Elmir Something or other maybe. This guy did wonderful Van Goghs, cezannes, modiglianis and a couple of picassos and a Van Duncan. He…

…named Clifford Irving, and the book was published under the title fake with a big exclamation point after it, and it told how Elmir had forged over a thousand of the masterpieces of modern art that hang in museums all over the world. Since this was the…

…had already been proven, it was taken seriously at first by most reviewers. Then the art critics started fighting back. They claimed Elmir was a talented forger yes but he hadn't forged that much he couldn't fool them that often. Most of the paintings in…

…which they had authenticated really were by Van Gogh and not by all the Van Goghs in museums were by Van Gogh and not by Elmir. The Van Duncans were by Van Duncan and not by Elmir. So then it came down to the question: do we trust the convicted…

…by all the Van Goghs in museums were by Van Gogh and not by Elmir. The Van Duncans were by Van Duncan and not by Elmir. So then it came down to the question: do we trust the convicted felon or do we trust art critics whose reputation entirely depends…

…time did he fool them? This controversy led to further problems when Clifford Irving himself came under suspicion after selling the biography of Elmir which made a lot of money and was a bestseller. He sold a biography of Howard Hughes on the basis of a…

…there's one scene where they keep coming back to Orson in an art gallery in Paris talking directly to the camera, intercut with Elmir in the isle of ibiza talking to Francois Reichenbach, the producer of the film, about his career and at one point Elmir,…

…with Elmir in the isle of ibiza talking to Francois Reichenbach, the producer of the film, about his career and at one point Elmir, who was born Hungarian he was a real Hungarian Unlike Oya Kodor. Elmir is saying something and he can't find the English…

…of the film, about his career and at one point Elmir, who was born Hungarian he was a real Hungarian Unlike Oya Kodor. Elmir is saying something and he can't find the English word and in Paris Orson says intrusive and Elmir says intrusive. We do that…

…real Hungarian Unlike Oya Kodor. Elmir is saying something and he can't find the English word and in Paris Orson says intrusive and Elmir says intrusive. We do that all the time when somebody can't find a word we suggest a word. Except that Orson is in…

…in Paris and he's in ibiza. How did he hear Orson all the way from Paris? This was accomplished by the miracle of editing. Elmir paused to look for a word and Orson inserted a sequence of himself providing the word and it looks like Elmir picked it up…

…the miracle of editing. Elmir paused to look for a word and Orson inserted a sequence of himself providing the word and it looks like Elmir picked it up once you spot that you can see the movie any number of Times I've seen it over a hundred times by…