The Woods

What’s so hard about living in the woods after surviving the urban jungle? A group of hipsters flee civilization to establish a forest commune set beside an idyllic brook. Compared with their hippie predecessors, however, their break with society is far less decisive and a good deal more ironic. Their forest camp has televisions affixed to trees, they heat their suppers by microwave and, in between shooting off guns and paint-fighting, they spend more time updating their Facebook profiles than talking politics. The Woods is neither a full-blown satire of technology-addicted youth, nor of the hipster culture, nor is it a parody of young rebellion movies from the 1970s and 1980s – yet it is somehow all those things at once. Surrealistic and stylized, not unlike the woodland mutineers’ vintage dress code, The Woods is a journey into the roots of pop culture in all its manifestations.