Prepare to enter the universe of Mark Landis, one of the world’s most prolific and successful art forgers. Fueled
by a mischievous desire to deceive, Landis has copied
hundreds of famous artworks and offered them up
for donation to countless museums around the United
States. With his impeccably clever eye for detail, the
schizophrenic Landis has managed to fool dozens
of curators. But he may have met his match in Matt
Leininger of Cincinnati Art Museum, an obsessive
collector who, despite having only been introduced
to Landis for a few minutes when being duped by
him, will stop at nothing to expose him. Now, on the
eve of Landis’ first full exhibition, when his work will
be recognized not for bogusness but rather its craft,
the two men will meet again. Carefully letting the events
draw out the film’s themes, directors Jennifer Grausman
and Sam Cullman mount a complex story of the art
behind forgery and the obsession these men have with
accuracy. Michael Lerman, Hot Docs
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