[acqq]

For everybody who doesn't know where that catfish use comes from (I didn't):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish_(film)

Probably itself a "fake documentary": "why the filmmakers would begin obsessively documenting Nev's online relationship so early on."

[orclev]

I vaguely remember seeing the trailers for this in the theaters and thinking at the time "oh great, another fake 'documentary', just what we need". So yeah, it does not surprise me in the least that it was most likely faked (or at least partially faked). It had been a while since I saw the trailer and I didn't remember the name of the movie, so thanks for putting these two together, I never would have connected the two otherwise.

[GuiA]

Fake or not, it's a really great movie. Recommended to anyone on HN looking for movie suggestions.

[baddox]

> Probably itself a "fake documentary": "why the filmmakers would begin obsessively documenting Nev's online relationship so early on."

That's actually a common theme in a lot of documentaries, including critically acclaimed ones.