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A bit of irony

posted 16 years ago by walcaraz
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Clifford Irving's creation of a "fake" autobiography of Howard Hughes, of which this movie is based, happened in 1971 I presume (that's the publish date for the book).

Irving's most recently published book before that was in 1969, titled "Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time"

How ironic that soon after he published a book, titled "Fake!" about a person who created forged, fake, pieces of art, that Clifford Irving would himself be involved in creating a fake piece of work.

[–] silence_you_fools 15 years ago

It's not ironic, it's what gave him the idea in the first place.

If you want proper irony, you can find it in his reaction to this film and his complaint that it doesn't portray events realistically.

[–] Matti-Man 15 years ago

The relationshiop between Irving's two books is explored quite entertainingly in Orson Welles' F FOR FAKE ...

"It's only a movie, dear!" Alfred Hitchcock.