The main topic of painters' forgery with the character of Elmyr de Hory is indeed fascinating, still it hardly keeps together a very thin production which just finds in the last 20 minutes something truly exciting to show (and I'm not talking about the naked Oja Kodar).
The truly interesting aspect of the film is the philosophical argument over what is forgery/fake and in which disciplines we do actually have experts (in art ofc we don't - Welles easily concludes). And while it's nice to arouse people's curiosity about such issues, unfortunately movies (and "art" in general) aren't the best media for either a presentation of the topic or such a discussion.
Overall I found this 1,5h not really enthralling (even at 1,5x speed): a couple of funny stories and nice scenes, but not enough for someone's time IMHO.
The truly interesting aspect of the film is the philosophical argument over what is forgery/fake and in which disciplines we do actually have experts (in art ofc we don't - Welles easily concludes). And while it's nice to arouse people's curiosity about such issues, unfortunately movies (and "art" in general) aren't the best media for either a presentation of the topic or such a discussion.
Overall I found this 1,5h not really enthralling (even at 1,5x speed): a couple of funny stories and nice scenes, but not enough for someone's time IMHO.