Mandate Suffers Consequences in FAR AWAY

Sounds interesting, but hopefully it doesn't end up being contrived or convoluted...

I'm with you sportwarrior. I can't stand those movies that think more of themselves than the message they're trying to convey. I'm not sure about a photojournalist turning out a script and then directing too. Where does someone get the connections to do a leap of career like that? Can I do it too? I work the fry machine at my local McDonalds.

capt. lol. Agree with both of you.

Maybe they should get Nicole Ritchie to direct.

Mandate Pictures is a pretty new outfit, so they are probably open to taking some risks.

I checked out this photo-journalist, and he has written and directed one other movie - a 30-minute short "The Last Dog in Rwanda" (translated from the original Swedish). According to what I googled, it's about a boy who is fascinated with war and grows up to be (suprise!) a photojournalist who then goes to Rwanda to photograph the horrors there.

I have some concerns with this guy being relatively new to film making, and since Mandate may be a little too Oscar-hungry after having a taste of Oscar success with last year's Juno. Given that formula, I do fear that the odds are pretty high that this may end up as an agenda-driven preach-fest of some sort, which isn't always bad, provided it's not obvious and heavy-handed.

Put me in the "wait and see" column.

LOL joey!

Capt, once you get to assistant manager, then you can make the jump. I was almost there, but I quit a week after my promotion to drive-thru with an inspiring 5 cent raise. Damn, I hated that job.

Kind of a vague plot.

lol Joey and my spiced rum friend.