I have long had a theory that some of the best documentary films exits because the filmmakers we’re smart enough to have a camera pointed towards a possible story and then they got lucky enough for a great one to show up. Catfish is a prime example of this theory proving true.
Nev’s brothers are filmmakers, so when he started a relationship with a family in another state, largely through Facebook, [Nev is in NYC and the family is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan], they started rolling tape. What they captured is a story that could not have been written or lived just a few short years ago.
Through the extreme nature of this particular story you will find your gaze turning inward on your own relationships and the way you present yourself to the world through social media. Catfish invites you to ask how your desires, hopes, unrealized dreams, boredom, and loneliness are playing out in your life? It does all of this while making you laugh and cringe. And, in the end, Catfish delivers a picture of Grace that is hard to describe.
Nev’s brothers are filmmakers, so when he started a relationship with a family in another state, largely through Facebook, [Nev is in NYC and the family is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan], they started rolling tape. What they captured is a story that could not have been written or lived just a few short years ago.
Through the extreme nature of this particular story you will find your gaze turning inward on your own relationships and the way you present yourself to the world through social media. Catfish invites you to ask how your desires, hopes, unrealized dreams, boredom, and loneliness are playing out in your life? It does all of this while making you laugh and cringe. And, in the end, Catfish delivers a picture of Grace that is hard to describe.
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