"F For Fake" Feelings

    I cannot believe that the whole story of Oja Kodar, her grandfather and Pablo Picasso is totally made up. I am glad I stayed till the last few minutes of the movie to hear that the story is actually fake, or else I would have believed the whole thing. It turns out, Oja and Orson Welles were together for a very long time. They were together in a relationship, up until he passed away, for about twenty years or so. I cannot imagine Orson Welles letting that Picasso story be true when he was together with Oja. I cannot even believe Orson using Oja as the subject that she was in the male gaze project that he put together. I guess it was the norm back then to objectify women much more than you would do now. I believe "F For Fake" came out in the seventies, which was a big time for women's rights. They just started to gain more equality rights like educational rights and the legalization of birth control.

    Orson Welles did a fantastic job of explaining and portraying what "fakery" is. This film was done very differently than many other films I have seen. I enjoyed how casual it felt. The characters of Elmyr or even Orson himself felt very conversational when they were talking to the camera or other people in the film. I felt like everything I saw was a total lie. I believe that is what Welles is trying to shine a light on. Everything we see is a lie. Whether it is a commercial or a food label, we are consuming what we are given. We almost subconsciously believe everything that we see everyday. This is what big media companies want us to do. They want us to get hungry when watching a commercial for their brand of tortilla chips. Then when we go grocery shopping a couple days later, we remember the color and packaging and remember to buy the chips. It is all about consume and demand. It is basically a vicious cycle, and this is what Welles is trying to briefly touch on.