Review of The Emerald Forest (1985) by Peter P — 27 Aug 2010

Incredible looking film about family and never giving up. For most of this movie, it is set in the jungle, and I can only imagine how hard it must have been to shoot in, so hats off To everyone right there.

Now as for the rest of the movie, it is based on a true story, that is always a plus, and has pretty believable acting. The main story is that a damn builders son is stolen by a little known tribe of the amazon called The Invisible People, and after 10 years his father still has not given up hope of finding him.

As for the son, he is living quite happy as part of the tribe and is just about to go through the rites of manhood. From there we will just say Father and Son get reunited, a neighboring tribe starts a war, and mayhem ensues.

One of the things that made me laugh about this movie I am pretty sure was not meant to be funny, and it is about nudity. You see, The Invisible People wear very little clothes, so there is a fair bit of indigenous nudity, and near the end of the movie when the women of the tribe are taken as slaves and forced to be dancing girls, they are made to put on clothes.

So what is funny about this is that when they are set free by the men of the tribe the first thing they do is take off the clothes and throw them down on the ground with disgust. How opposite compared to films where women get taken hostage and are forced to be naked, and when they are rescued the first thing they do is put clothes on.

I don't know, maybe it is just me, but that kind of made me laugh.