Love does Grow on Trees: Evaluation

Love does grow on trees is a short film directed by Bevan Walsh, and follows a teenage boy’s journey into adulthood. It is a coming of age story and is centred around the boy’s first experiences with adult magazines. It is called ‘Love does grow on trees’ because when chasing a piece of a magazine he comes across a tree full of floating pieces of pornography. He collects them all and makes his way home. At the bus stop he is met by a girl who seems to take an interest in him, but due to his embarrassment due to the fact he is hiding porn under his jacket he does not interact with her much. This is where the true meaning of the story lies as he is so caught up with the use of these magazines that he becomes short sited to the fact that a real girl is interested in him. He comes to this realization nearing the end when he goes back to the tree with the porn and has an encounter with ‘Saint Porn’ who convinces him to seek out this girl. I think the film is clever and defiantly has a deeper meaning than is shown on the surface, although this sort of film is not for me I can appreciate it from an artistic standpoint as it certainly brings up a few question’s.