DTF is a story about love, sex, and addiction. In this new documentary director Al Bailey follows a widowed pilot Christian around the world to document his quest for romance using the Tinder dating app. He lives the lifestyle of a touring rockstar and the camera crew reluctantly follows while he racks up SkyMiles on his Tinder card.
Soon into the filming Bailey realized Christian was a flight risk. Either the pilot or director will have to pull out of this project before there are serious consequences to their lives and friendship. He told me what part of the world the pilot had the best luck using Tinder. Bailey also spoke about his previous career as a professional soccer player and his other upcoming projects that will be taking flight soon.
As we start our descent into this interview please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. Jake Perry : Nice to meet you. Good morning! Al Bailey: Well, early evening for me, but good morning to yourself. Very cool movie.
I enjoyed it a lot. Al Bailey: Thank you. After watching it, it almost seems like a wake-up call to the airline industry and also Tinder and dating apps. Did you have any of this in mind, that it might be a warning to these things? Or are you just trying to make a documentary on your friend when you started out? It was literally a kind of month sized idea. Certainly not to the extent. Al Bailey: Yeah. Jake Perry: You set up this guy, Christian, with his wife, Charlotte, who unfortunately passed away.
So did you feel some sort of responsibility to help him in his search again, to set him up with somebody? I always have to bite my tongue and call him Christian. I obviously knew Charlotte a lot longer than I did Christian. It was quite a sobering experience, obviously quite hazy experience cause it was spread over 18 months, so it was a bit of a blur in the sense of how I was feeling.
