Bizarre and unorthodox, Berlin's Fuck for Forest is one of the world's most peculiar charities. Based on the mere idea that sex can save the world, this NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet. Michal Marczak's documentary shows the group in their natural habitat, showcasing them to the world as they work to save enough money to buy a piece of forest and save the indigenous people from the horrid impact of the West.
Though a very creative idea and a truly remarkable cause, Fuck the Forrest is one of the most unusual and confusing documentaries I have ever had the displeasuring of watching. And while I tend to give low budget documentaries the benefit of the doubt, this one is a prime example of just how easy it is these days to make a film.
Filled to the brim with unrelatable and unfamiliar characters, the film fails to ignite the interest of its audience as it refuses to venture below the skin of its lead principles. We watch as the group ventures throughout the streets of Berlin to the jungles of the Amazon, but we never get a sense of why. Instead, we watch as a group of sexually free people wander through their days with no clear agenda.
Fuck for Forrest, much like the organization that it follows, is plagued by a lack of direction and understanding. The characters don't uncover much, and the group itself appears to be missing a true leader. As a result, the film is unable to tell a story, instead appearing like an extremely long news reel that is then missing coveted voiceover to help the audience along. As it sits, we are literally stuck in a state of confusion as we try to piece together what is going on and why it deserves an hour and a half of our lives. Simply put, I'm looking for my time back.
