2003 Directed by Jesse Moss
The true story of James Hogue, a brilliant impostor who embraced the American art of self-invention, fabricated a spectacular series of fictional identities for himself, and successfully conned his way into Princeton University.
No puedo creer lo que empaticé con este loco, un poco quiero llegar tan lejos como él en la vida.
¿Hay películas basadas en la vida de este hombre? Sería interesante de ver.
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Are there films based on this man's life? That would be interesting to watch.
Documentarian Jesse Moss has a knack for finding interesting and unusual subjects. He’s made films about demolition derby drivers (Speedo), a fake army invasion (Full Battle Rattle) and, just last year, achieved wide acclaim for his film The Overnighters, a cinéma vérité look at a blue-collar American community that supposedly defies all expectations (I haven’t had the chance to see it yet). In Con Man, though, his first feature documentary (albeit produced for HBO/Cinemax), Moss’ draw to the oft-chronicled ‘con man’ narrative is of a personal nature, in addition to being a compelling curio in its own right. As he narrates early on, con man James Arthur Hogue had once duped Moss and his high school classmates, posing as an…
