F for Fake (1973) 73% 7★

– I would say, „This is a fake”…and the art gallery owner would say, "Well, yes, of course.
"I mean, you can see it's a fake, because Modigliani…"would never have drawn the line of the arm…"parallel to the line of the dress that way. And the background is very badly done, and the signature isn't right. " In the next gallery, I would show them this Modigliani in the catalog and say…
– „That's a genuine Modigliani. ”
– Possibly, yes. And they would look at it and say, "Yes, you can see it's one of his finest. „It's a portrait of Mademoiselle Hébuterne,” and „We know it very well,” and „It's reproduced everywhere. ” After that, I must say…I lost my faith in the concept of expertise.

– Picasso himself said it. "Art, "he said, "is a lie-"a lie that makes us…realize the truth. "

– Like all Hungarians, he told the best Hungarian jokes. The omelet, you know that, don't you?
Sure. It's a classic. An omelet, it's in our Hungarian cookbook. „To make an omelet,” it says… „first, steal an egg. ” Well, naturally, to be Hungarian is not a nationality. It's a profession. But the truth about Hungarians, which they do try to cover up…is that they're not any more crooked than the rest of us. But not the way they like to tell it. Of all the Hungarian friends I've ever had…I can't remember one who didn't want me to think of him…as a king of con men.