Catfish vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Catfish). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 27m. Catfish is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Catfish
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Catfish | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | Germany |
| Director | Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Nēv Schulman, Craig Hall, Ariel Schulman, Angela Wesselman-Pierce, Melody C. Roscher | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Catfish
Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Facebook, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby's family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby's attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model…
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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