It appears that the first rule of “Fight Club” should also be applied to “Catfish”: don’t talk about “Catfish.” The documentary by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, seemingly about a budding online relationship, blew audiences away at Sundance thanks to a final act that is so astonishing the ad campaign warns potential viewers to make sure no one spoils the movie for them.
The films is already prepped for a Hollywood remake via Alicia Keys’ Big Pita Little Pita Productions and as we didn’t make it out to Park City this year, this trailer is all we have to go on and pardon the pun, but we are hooked. Relativity Media and Rogue Pictures will release the film on September 17th. The synopsis and trailer are below.
In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel’s brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.
ive seen it and while a very strong film, this thing reeks of being fake. there are just way too many leaps of logic that stand out and eventually it will be revealed to be fake. sadly, the movie would work if it was just sold as a mockumentary but it's more fun to trick people i suppose. plus, the directors are real chumps in real life. their Q&A following the screening i saw was laughable. they really think they're shit doesnt stink. hell someone even called them out and voiced suspicion on the truth of the film and Ari (one of the directors) jumped down the guys throat and started screaming about how that would make his brother the greatest actor in the world and him the greatest director in the world. then he cut the Q&A off and left. pretty sketchy. but whatever. its a very interesting movie. even if it is a lie.
Ha. The twist is given away by the third comment on youtube. That didn't take long…
i think whats worse that being fake, is the manipulation and exploitation of a mentally unstable woman by a bunch of cunts just so they can make some money and start a film career.
the trailer did not intrigue me, but it IS a copy of Fincher's — only much less compelling. copycats@catfish
cbh