Catfish

We watched a very strange movie last night, Catfish, one of those Netflix choices that made me wonder how I picked it.  It's a documentary about a Facebook relationship based on lies, and how one young man (who happened to be a documentary maker) traced down the truth.  Truth is a funny word to use with this movie, because the film itself seems partially faked.  Neverthelss, I watched the whole, thing, wondering what the truth actually was.  I did like the explanation of the movie's title:

Cod, explains to one character near the end of the movie,  are kept in tanks with catfish – the catfish nip at the cod’s fins, keeping them sharp, alert… keeping them on their toes, so to speak.

Is the movie explaining itself?  Warning us?  Justifying the deceit of the woman who claims she is other than what she is, who has created a cyberlife for herself?

Catfish has stuck with me because of its uniqueness and because it leaves questions in my mind.  Just what I like in a movie.