the movie the emerald forest be a fictional story that be base on a true story . boorman base his movie of a article that appear in the los angeles time in the early 1980 which talk about a father whose son be abduct by native tribe and rediscover ten year later . this may be a true story although there be critic out there who claim that the man make up the story because he want attention . the emerald forest be a very good film . the emerald forest be the first film to bring up the issue of the destruction of the amazon . the location be picturesque and boorman be able to capture the cultural authenticity of the native tribe of the amazon . what really surprise me be that boorman do not use actor but go deep into the jungle of brazil to find real native to give his a film an authentic feel . this be especially true regard the invisible people who boorman portray a a mysterious and elusive tribe which be demonstrate when they be camouflage in the jungle and manage to stroke tommy face with a feather undetected by his family who be only a few foot a away from the invisible people . that be say although boorman do capture the authenticity of the native tribe and address the issue of deforestation the storyline be a little dull and cliché . this movie contain all the clichés that other movie have where a white man meet the native . the first major cliché we can see in the movie be when the white men come they bring with them gun and alcohol and of course they exploit the native . another cliché be that a the white men come and development and progress disturb the native way of living as well a destroy the rainforest . the final cliché which we see in a lot of movie where native play a predominant role be that the native lifestyle be portray a a sanctuary that sin have never enter . i still believe the film be good and i understand for the most part that be really what happen but boorman could have make the film a bit more interesting and different and still portray his message . the preservation of the rainforest can easily be identify a the overriding and most obvious theme portray in this movie . the concern for maintain the rainforest be demonstrate through the presumed wisdom we be call to see in the american indian elder and however while bill markham be blind to this wisdom until the end of the movie . a few statistic be also throw around in the movie concern the role the amazon play in the world and how the white man be destroy it all by bring industry to the area . the statistic be throw around in a subtle way for markham to realize the implication and damage he have cause by build the damn and show them a be far great and vast than he have expect . it be powerful to hear the reporter say that 40 percent of the world oxygen supply be generate by the rain forest and watch markham dismiss him because of his ignorance to the real issue . also and the movie go on to assert that 5 and 000 acre of amazonian rainforest be disappear every day . this be actually generous . once markham realize the vastness of the problem and the table have already be turn on him . he too be kidnap and be rescue by his son tomme . this scene be powerful because it show that the boy have actually become loyal to his kidnapper and what they stand for and not the white man plight for development and industrialization . through all of bill beg and pleading and he wouldn not return back to civilization with his biological father . what do it reveal to his bill . he finally understand the destruction of life he have contribute to over the past 10 year and try to undo his wrong by let a violent thunderstorm destroy the dam they build .