While the juicy, spoiler susceptible story has been the focus of first responses to CATFISH, the sensation of Sundance TwentyTen, its the zippy storytelling style itself that caught my eye.
Facebook, Google Maps, Iphones, email, texts, instant messaging, etc. are not only the basis of the film’s content, they are its form. CATFISH may be the first aesthetically successful example of cross-platform cinema, not as a distribution strategy, but as the primary syntactic spine of the work itself.
BUT….that’s all you need to know for the present. In fact, herein, DO NOT READ ANYTHING ABOUT CATFISH. Do not let any programmer blogger geeks offer a single superlative or even a spoiler free teaser. JUST WALK AWAY. And keep expectations low…I mean, how can it be THAT good? It’s better when you don’t think it’s that good.
Now, forget you read this.
I’ll assume this means you’re pursuing this for Hot Docs 2010? Please?!
Check out the trailer for Catfish, the Sundance hit documentary, is poised to be the most controversial film of 2010 because it exposes the grim reality of our modern world. http://bit.ly/anE6RZ