The demurely-titled 'Fuck for Forest' is a documentary about a German group who make pornographic films of themselves, put the films on a website, and use the profits to fund environmental causes. Personally I wouldn't pay to see any of the multi-pierced group 'doing it', but they manage to raise enough money to agree to an aid request from a Perúvian indigenous ecologist to help his village. The fact the Perúvian hasn't made the link between environmental degradation and an ever-increasing population (he has seven children) ought to have tipped off the group he may not be entirely kosher, but it is still a nasty surprise to them when they arrive at his village to find most of the villagers don't want their help - they want the development they think will bring them jobs.
This is a very badly-structured film, with several situations not explained for the benefit of the audience. The broken English spoken by the participants is also hard-going. And the viewer is left wondering how accurate a portrayal of the group the director and editors of the film had given us: are the group really that naïve? The Sydney Film Festival audience were laughing out loud in places; I wondered how badly hurt the group may have been when they saw this film.
This is a very badly-structured film, with several situations not explained for the benefit of the audience. The broken English spoken by the participants is also hard-going. And the viewer is left wondering how accurate a portrayal of the group the director and editors of the film had given us: are the group really that naïve? The Sydney Film Festival audience were laughing out loud in places; I wondered how badly hurt the group may have been when they saw this film.