Catfish - "The best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never directed" {Trailer} September 17

[marath0n]

Looks promising.

 

[marath0n]

Looks promising.

 

[mr kuter]

Another one???

 

[mr kuter]

Another one???

 

[deepinthajeep]

the hell is that about?

 

[deepinthajeep]

the hell is that about?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Out of the pure curiosity I'm interested. Looks like it has a Cloverfield feel to it, which could be really cool.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Out of the pure curiosity I'm interested. Looks like it has a Cloverfield feel to it, which could be really cool.

 

[18th letter]

Looks lame.

 

[18th letter]

Looks lame.

 

[frank mucus]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

Out of the pure curiosity I'm interested. Looks like it has a Cloverfield feel to it, which could be really cool.

Has more of a Blair Witch x Texas Chainsaw Massacre feel than Cloverfield.

 

[frank mucus]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

Out of the pure curiosity I'm interested. Looks like it has a Cloverfield feel to it, which could be really cool.

Has more of a Blair Witch x Texas Chainsaw Massacre feel than Cloverfield.

 

[ghenges]

This is probably going to make a lot of money like Paranormal Activity.

 

[ghenges]

This is probably going to make a lot of money like Paranormal Activity.

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Yawn....

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Yawn....

 

[the coolness]

Damn it! They got me. They hooked me in perfectly. I wanna what the twist is and it better not be something otherworldly...

 

[the coolness]

Damn it! They got me. They hooked me in perfectly. I wanna what the twist is and it better not be something otherworldly...

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by deepinthajeep

the hell is that about?

Spoiler

By Alan Bacchus

Wow!

I’ve always said the best documentaries are the happy accidents, the films which reveal themselves to the filmmakers, as opposed to the filmmakers chasing subjects. “Catfish“ reminds us of “Capturing the Friedmans, my personal favourite documentary of the 2000’s and perhaps the best example of an unintentional film which begged to be made. Such is the case with ‘Catfish’ (coincidentally produced by Friedman’s director Andrew Jarecki). At once a complex story of love and romance in the digital age of social media, but also a fascinating psychological character study of how social media can give everybody the opportunity to edit one’s perception of his or her life.

The opening narration explains to us the seed by which their story found its spark. One day, photographer Niv Schulman, brother of the co-director, received a mysterious package in the mail. It was a oil painting artistic rendering of one of his photographs which appeared in a magazine. Not only was the painting good, but it was drawn by an eight-year old girl named Abby from Michigan. Fascinated by the gesture Niv contacts Abby via email and they start up a friendly penpal relationship. In fact, his relationship extends to Abby’s mom, Angela and other members of her family.

Via Facebook, Niv meets Megan, Abby’s half-sister, a talented and gorgeous singer/dancer. Over the course of eight months a few Facebook messages snowballs into a legitmate internet romance. As the romance appears close to blossoming into a formal in person meet up, a curious discrepancy is discovered by Niv, and his filmmaking partners.

The filmmakers stumble upon a larger story, more complex than a mere internet story, but a story in which they don’t know where it might lead. Schulman and Joost expertly convey this sense of discovery in both the participants and to the audience. They manage to wring out hairsplitting suspense just by watching Niv surf facebook, and google some facts about Abby and her family. Thus Niv and the filmmakers embark on a new millennium procedural investigation as thrilling as any detective novel, with social media outlets as their tools.

And when the boys choose to free themselves from the confines of their NYC office to physically visit the family suddenly we find ourselves embroiled in a suspenseful chase. The visit to the Michigan farm in the middle of the night is rendered with astonishing real world Hitchcockian suspense.

And once we know where the film is headed, in the third act, the filmmakers reveal another seismic psychological shift in expectations. The filmmakers handle the truth with admirable poise and respect. Especially for Niv who at one time poured his heart out in the name of love to Megan reconciles a betrayal with Megan’s deep psychological neuroses.

“Catfish

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by deepinthajeep

the hell is that about?

Spoiler

By Alan Bacchus

Wow!

I’ve always said the best documentaries are the happy accidents, the films which reveal themselves to the filmmakers, as opposed to the filmmakers chasing subjects. “Catfish“ reminds us of “Capturing the Friedmans, my personal favourite documentary of the 2000’s and perhaps the best example of an unintentional film which begged to be made. Such is the case with ‘Catfish’ (coincidentally produced by Friedman’s director Andrew Jarecki). At once a complex story of love and romance in the digital age of social media, but also a fascinating psychological character study of how social media can give everybody the opportunity to edit one’s perception of his or her life.

The opening narration explains to us the seed by which their story found its spark. One day, photographer Niv Schulman, brother of the co-director, received a mysterious package in the mail. It was a oil painting artistic rendering of one of his photographs which appeared in a magazine. Not only was the painting good, but it was drawn by an eight-year old girl named Abby from Michigan. Fascinated by the gesture Niv contacts Abby via email and they start up a friendly penpal relationship. In fact, his relationship extends to Abby’s mom, Angela and other members of her family.

Via Facebook, Niv meets Megan, Abby’s half-sister, a talented and gorgeous singer/dancer. Over the course of eight months a few Facebook messages snowballs into a legitmate internet romance. As the romance appears close to blossoming into a formal in person meet up, a curious discrepancy is discovered by Niv, and his filmmaking partners.

The filmmakers stumble upon a larger story, more complex than a mere internet story, but a story in which they don’t know where it might lead. Schulman and Joost expertly convey this sense of discovery in both the participants and to the audience. They manage to wring out hairsplitting suspense just by watching Niv surf facebook, and google some facts about Abby and her family. Thus Niv and the filmmakers embark on a new millennium procedural investigation as thrilling as any detective novel, with social media outlets as their tools.

And when the boys choose to free themselves from the confines of their NYC office to physically visit the family suddenly we find ourselves embroiled in a suspenseful chase. The visit to the Michigan farm in the middle of the night is rendered with astonishing real world Hitchcockian suspense.

And once we know where the film is headed, in the third act, the filmmakers reveal another seismic psychological shift in expectations. The filmmakers handle the truth with admirable poise and respect. Especially for Niv who at one time poured his heart out in the name of love to Megan reconciles a betrayal with Megan’s deep psychological neuroses.

“Catfish

 

[hymen man]

I am intrigued.

 

[hymen man]

I am intrigued.

 

[jordanhead21]

Gettin kind of sick of these movies being recorded on a video camera


I bet in the end it will be dumb

 

[jordanhead21]

Gettin kind of sick of these movies being recorded on a video camera


I bet in the end it will be dumb

 

[brettthejett]

Is it in 3D tho?