Hit Him on the Head with a Hard Heavy Hammer (2023)
Hit Him on the Head with a Hard, Heavy Hammer departs from the handwritten memoir of the filmmaker’s father and his experience of displacement during wartime. Referring to the notion Thomas Hardy termed ‘The Self-Unseeing’ in his eponymous 1901 poem, the film returns to childhood and the matters that harden us: upbringing, social status, education, labour, and familial bonds. The memoir weaves into the film as both a contemplation on mortality and an illustration of fading memory, reflecting on how we pen our pasts and how they can be re-told.
- Rebecca Jane Arthur
- Rebecca Jane Arthur
Rating: 4/10 by 1 users
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Country:
Belgium
Language:
English
Runtime: 00 hour 49 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: childhood, personal diary, experimental, fading memories
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