I watched "Catfish" with my film club yesterday and what I want to say about it is WOW!!!
This fast-pased documentary about a film-maker's borther, Nev and his relationship with a family he met on Facebook was unlike anything I have ever seen. It was like our social networking nightmare coming to life.
The second half of the film brought up so many different emotions that was sometimes painful and always real. I am amazed by the filmmakers, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, for their talent in managing to put together a film about crazy and insane course of events in such a way that wasn't cruel or offensive to anyone.
I have to admit, it did made me think of deleting Facebook for a second while watching this film. Thank God, I am too addicted to it to let it go.
Watch this film, even if documentary is not really your thing. I am pretty sure anyone with Facebook or any kind of social networking sites will enjoy, if not watch it for Nev Schulman. He is cute.
Here is a quote from the film that I just loved.
“They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They’d keep them in vats in the ship. By the time the codfish reached China the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guy came up with this idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them. And the catfish would keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes, they keep you guessin’ they keep you thinkin’ they keep you fresh. And I thank god for the catfish, because we would be dull and boring if we didn’t have somebody nipping at our fin.”
