This movie was about a writer from Vancouver Island and the environment he grew up in. The film does not go deep into Jack's character, but rather what the film director does is capture the essence of Vancouver Island through the camera shots. For example, the filmmaker takes the audience on a magical ride through Vancouver Island by means of a logging experience, a ferry boat ride, a fair ground ride, a walk on the beach and an outdoor local event. Each activity shapes the unique culture of Vancouver Island by placing it into a literary context of Jack's books. The one part of Jack's personality, which the film director caught well on tape, is Jack's cognitive dissonance. It seems the film director had a secret agenda when creating the movie and it really comes alive in this film. It is this, duality of visual plus literary tension, that pulls the audience into the movie like a fish being caught by a hook. All of the components within the movie created an authentic imaging sequence which probably has never magically imprinted a soul like this before.
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