?Catfish,? which opens here tomorrow, is a social-media thriller not only steeped in Internet issues but also caught up in the meta-documentary games that have most recently spawned ?I?m Still Here.? At the center of film and controversy are New York-based filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, as well as Ariel?s brother, and the film?s subject, Nev. In ?Catfish,? the filmmakers document Nev?s developing online relationship with a Michigan family he meets on Facebook. It eventually becomes clear that his new friends, including a young woman whom he develops a romantic attachment to, may not be who they seem.
The trio recently spoke with Globe correspondent Taylor Adams. What follows is a condensed and edited version of their conversation.
