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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars:
Crew: Rebecca Jane Arthur (Director), Rebecca Jane Arthur (Writer), Rebecca Jane Arthur (Producer), Christina Stuhlberger (Producer), Rebecca Jane Arthur (Editor), Fairuz Ghammam (Editor)
Country: Belgium
Language: English
Studio: AC/E, Majority Flemish Production
Runtime: 49 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 09, 2023
IMDb: 7
