Gee, Neil, given how much you love Welles, I sure hoped you voted in our current Face/Off (at http://www.emovieposter.com/faceoff_archives.php ), actor/director Welles vs Erich Von Stroheim.
I know that many younger people likely have no clue who Von Stroheim is, but are any of you surprised by how lopsided the voting is? [image: faceoff_691_actordirector_erich_von_stroheim_or_orson_welles.jpg] On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Neil Jaworski <[email protected]>wrote: > There's a helluvalot more money in forging art than in forging posters. > > I'm sure any MOPOer worth their salt will have seen Orson Welles' > wonderfully playful film-essay *F For Fake* about uber-forger Elmyr de > Hory. If not, you should definitely give it a whirl. It's fascinating and > Welles' final dazzling triumph (if you don't count the Paul Masson ads). > > 9 minute(!) trailer: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNyvg4s3YMA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, 3 December 2011, 13:44 > *Subject:* [MOPO] It's not just horror movie posters that are forged! > > Possible Forging of Modern Art Is Investigated > > * > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/arts/design/federal-inquiry-into-possible-forging-of-modernist-art.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 > * > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
