3rd CATFISH Post!!! -- Update for 20/20 Tonight

Greetings -- I am writing to update you for ABC's 20/20 tonight at 10:00 PM
(9:00 PM Central).

Further to my previous post, not only will Angela Wesselman-Pierce from the documentary, CATFISH, be on 20/20 tonight, Yaniv (Nev) Schulman, and the directors, Ariel (Rel) Schulman [Nev's brother] and Henry Joost [their friend], will also be profiled. As a matter of fact, the whole hour of 20/20 will be devoted to the film, CATFISH!

Since this is my third post about this documentary flick, it probably goes without saying that I am still obsessed with it. In my other posts, I didn't give a synopsis of the film, I gave "links" to see the trailer and to read a little about it, but I realized I should give a little outline:

The film is about Nev, a young NYC photographer. Nev's brother (Rel) and their friend (Henry) are film-makers and they film EVERYTHING. So Nev photographed a picture of dancers, and this 8-year old girl in Michigan, Abby, did a painting of the photograph and sent it to Nev. They 'friended' each other on Facebook because he was impressed with her talent, and Nev wanted to encourage her with her painting; and Abby was happy to have a NYC photographer interested in her work, as any little kid would be. So then Abby's Mom, Angela, friended Nev also; in addition to Abby's Dad, and Abby's 19-year old half-sister, Megan. To make a long story short, Nev and Megan fell in love over the internet -- Megan had posted beautiful pictures of herself, and she and Nev began their online relationship via Facebook and chats on their cell phones. This goes on for some eight months, all the while Nev being filmed by Rel and Henry, as they think it is entertaining to them to see the way Nev is acting so in love with someone he has never met -- plus they love to tape Nev because, frankly, they think he is an amusing subject! Something then happens/something is discovered which makes Nev (and his brother and friend) then feel the need take the trip to go to visit Megan and meet her. So they take the drive, and that's when, in the last 40 minutes of the film, the shit hits the fan, as one would say. Megan is surprised that they came, and Nev is surprised at what he finds (to put it mildly). And that all that I will say about the film!

Please note: I was able to find a statement from Nev and he warned that the 20/20 story WILL be giving away some of the secrets of the film, sooooo, if you do plan to see the documentary, then do not watch 20/20 tonight if you don't want it spoiled.

Also: To see a commercial for tonight's 20/20, click HERE. It looks fantastic.

I CANNOT WAIT until tonight! If any of you plan on watching it, or have ANY THOUGHTS on this whatsoever, please leave me a comment here, or email me!! gloria.vincent@yahoo.com

Best,

Gloria

Note: Photos courtesy of Google Images.

Catfish - the Movie: Info will be on 20/20!!

As I wrote about last Friday, October 1 (see my post HERE), regarding my complete OBSESSION with the movie, Catfish, can you imagine my excitement when I learned that one of the main 'secrets' of the movie, a person named "Angela Wesselman-Pierce," will be on the ABC show "20/20" this Friday, October 8 at 10:00 PM. Oh my goodness, I could not believe when I read it in the LA Times online. (Click HERE to read it the article. It does not contain any "spoilers," so you don't have to worry about reading it if you are planning to see the film and want to remain surprised.)

If you want to watch the trailer, here it is again: click HERE.

The above is a "photo" of Nev and Megan (that Nev created on his computer) .

Note: Photos borrowed from Google Images.

If anyone has any thoughts on this, or if you've seen Catfish, I'd love to know, so please leave me a comment!

Thanks.

NOTE: One of my friends, in my comments section, asked if there is a book out on Catfish... The answer is: No book -- this is supposedly a true story that happened in 2007/2008, so I guess that's why they were keeping the whole story "under wraps" until they got the film together to release it as a documentary. They wanted to keep the details "secret."

CATFISH - The Movie

I was going to do a post about this last week... And since I am still OBSESSED with it THIS week, I am doing one today. It is about the documentary that is out now: CATFISH. Did anyone hear about this movie? Since I heard of it, I have been excessively preoccupied with this film. And because it is a small documentary, it is now only in select theatres. And due to the fact that I live in the country now, who knows when/if it will ever get here. I will probably wind up having to get it from Netflix, when it is eventually offered there in the months to come!

It is a story about Nev (and his brother and their friend), and a girl, Megan (and her family), that Nev meets on Facebook. He falls for her, but I won't even go into what it's about. It is SO involved, it is hard to explain! If you are interested, you can watch the trailer HERE.

Please note: The trailer says this is "not based on a true story" and "not inspired by true events - IT IS TRUE." Many people/film reviewers on the internet have been questioning if it IS true, but the story still fascinates me.

I tried to upload the trailer here on the post, but it was taking a year and a day and I was getting impatient!

I have been so distracted with this movie, that I searched the internet and found all of the "spoilers" on it, so I already know the whole story and the ending. However, that does not make me any less obsessed with this film!

Well, if anyone has seen the film, or has any opinions of the trailer, please share your thoughts.

Best Regards,

Note: pictures courtesy of Google Images