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polkablues

#30
November 19, 2010, 04:07:45 PM
Quote from: JG on November 19, 2010, 03:41:29 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I was playing a pick-up game with the brother from the movie, but I was having a bad game so I didn't think it a good time to ask him, YO HOW MUCH OF YOUR MOVIE WAS REAL? 

From what I've read, they tend to get kind of snippy and abusive when people ask them those questions at Q&As about the movie.  Frankly, I don't think it matters, the film is what it is, but I don't think it would hurt them to be a little more open about the issue.


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SiliasRuby

#31
November 19, 2010, 04:09:36 PM
Saw the movie and there was a extensive Q and A with the maker. Its all real. and even if it isn't then they are all top notch actors.
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Alexandro

#32
January 27, 2011, 01:37:26 AM
spending time while watching this wondering if it's real could really spoil it. ditto to watch a trailer or know anything about it before seeing it. as a film, whatever it is, it works so well. I laughed, I got moved, it went to a lot of places.

The Ultimate Badass

#33
January 30, 2011, 12:28:09 AM
I recently saw this. Clearly, it's no more real than Blair Witch or Cloverfield.

There were some tender moments, but too much effort was expended selling the device at the expense of the very interesting story begging to be told. I was disappointed.

diggler

#34
January 30, 2011, 07:59:09 AM
just saw it. I think it's real.

(spoilers)

some things were clearly amped up for the film (the nighttime visit to the farm, would you have honestly done that?) but it seemed pretty clear from the way the story unfolded that they didn't plan this. you can clearly tell in the beginning of the film that the brothers have only a feigning interest in the online relationship. once the mystery of the "song" unfolds they start to get more involved.
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The Perineum Falcon

#35
January 30, 2011, 09:54:14 AM
Quote from: ddiggler on January 30, 2011, 07:59:09 AM
...but it seemed pretty clear from the way the story unfolded that they didn't plan this. you can clearly tell in the beginning of the film that the brothers have only a feigning interest in the online relationship. once the mystery of the "song" unfolds they start to get more involved.

it's also called "acting," ddiggler, didn't you ever think of that?
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polkablues

#36
January 30, 2011, 10:10:51 AM
It's tricky.  I feel like the situation itself was real, even if their reactions to it were fake (as seems increasingly likely).
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Stefen

#37
January 30, 2011, 01:12:46 PM
I think the basis and majority of it were real, but once it stated unfolding I get the feeling it was scripted.

I was enthralled throughout, it's a shame this isn't getting more love.
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polkablues

#38
January 30, 2011, 01:27:12 PM
Catfish, Exit Through the Gift Shop, I'm Still Here....

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diggler

#39
January 30, 2011, 04:57:03 PM
Quote from: The Perineum Falcon on January 30, 2011, 09:54:14 AM
Quote from: ddiggler on January 30, 2011, 07:59:09 AM
...but it seemed pretty clear from the way the story unfolded that they didn't plan this. you can clearly tell in the beginning of the film that the brothers have only a feigning interest in the online relationship. once the mystery of the "song" unfolds they start to get more involved.

it's also called "acting," ddiggler, didn't you ever think of that?

that's just it. if the three brothers had been "acting" for the entire film, i would've believed it was a hoax. the fact that they're not on screen very much until something goes wrong doesn't strike me as something that was planned.

i think polka nailed it on the head. the situation that unfolded was real, they just realized that if they didn't react to it in a certain way (in this case sympathetically) they would have no movie.
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RegularKarate

#40
January 31, 2011, 11:33:00 AM
SPOILERS

After the last time I posted here, I had a long conversations with a bunch of people who saw it and I'm pretty convinced that this is the situation:

The movie is "fake" up until the point that they confront her.
They figured out that she was lying very quickly.  They're just not stupid enough to fall for everything.  They decided to pretend that they didn't know she was lying and "uncover it" on camera.  Of course, they weren't going to get her in on faking the ending so all of that is real.

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