F... pour faux : Hubert Aquin à l'écran
From actor to screenwriter, director to producer, Huber Aquin's work with the media is marked by the same "fake" practices, which made him famous as a novelist. This essay briefly traces his career in the media, insisting on a few milestones that shed light on the logic of imposture at the core of his oeuvre. By establishing a parallel between the last published novel written by Aquin, Neige noire, and the last film completed and directed by Orson Welles, F for Fake, my main objective is to emphasize how the striking figure of the art forger binds the two authors rather than to stress the influence of the American director on the French Canadian writer.
Aquin, Hubert Welles, Orson Radio