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There Are No Fakes

We felt it was an important thing to bring to the court's attention, just to illustrate...

We felt it was an important thing to bring to the court's attention, just to illustrate the-- the
weirdness of this landscape

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We felt it was an important thing to bring to the court's attention,
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just to illustrate the-- the weirdness of this landscape.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:57
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, crime
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canada's far north.
Certainly their motivation became very clear. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
Certainly their motivation became very clear.
They couldn't get rid of the truth of the matter, so they had to discredit me. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
They couldn't get rid of the truth of the matter, so th...
And the theme is consistent with Christianity, smallpox and all that. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
And the theme is consistent with Christianity, smallpox and ...
Was this the color scheme that he was using in this period? - There Are No Fakes 00:05
Was this the color scheme that he was using in this period?
Well, I-- I can't-- I'm-- I'm not an expert. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Well, I-- I can't-- I'm-- I'm not an expert.
But if you just look at it, you say, "Okay, this painting just makes sense." - There Are No Fakes 00:07
But if you just look at it, you say, "Okay, this...
Anybody can play a Rolling Stones song after it's been created. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Anybody can play a Rolling Stones song after it's been ...
But before that, who can do that? That's the genius of Norval Morrisseau. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
But before that, who can do that? That's the genius of ...
The controversy lays primarily in, they are all signed on the back - There Are No Fakes 00:12
The controversy lays primarily in, they are all signed on th...
Which is where the artist takes a brush that has paint - There Are No Fakes 00:11
Which is where the artist takes a brush that has paint
So here we have the, um, dry brush signature. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
So here we have the, um, dry brush signature.
See, this looks weird to me. No. No. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
See, this looks weird to me. No. No.
So if you look at the well-established, - There Are No Fakes 00:15
So if you look at the well-established,
Which consists of eight syllabic characters on the front. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Which consists of eight syllabic characters on the front.
It signifies Copper Thunderbird and it was the way he signed his paintings, uh, on the front. - There Are No Fakes 00:06
It signifies Copper Thunderbird and it was the way he signed...
Norval hardly ever signed the back of his paintings at all, with anything. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
Norval hardly ever signed the back of his paintings at all,...
He... he did not do this black dry brush thing. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
He... he did not do this black dry brush thing.
Oh, I see. Oh, no, no, no. - There Are No Fakes 00:04
Oh, I see. Oh, no, no, no.
So when you see these paintings, that is someone trying to say, - There Are No Fakes 00:14
So when you see these paintings, that is someone trying to...
Wow. It's just a fake, there's no-- no mistaking it. - There Are No Fakes 00:05
Wow. It's just a fake, there's no-- no mistaking i...