{"id":104170,"date":"2020-11-03T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hammer-down-short-film-is-a-delight-film\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T22:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:00:31","slug":"the-hammer-down-short-film-is-a-delight-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hammer-down-short-film-is-a-delight-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Hammer Down Short Film is a Delight \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Hammer Down Short Film is a Delight \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-643972\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523-700x395.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Hatt's Hammer Down\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523-700x395.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/image002-copy-H-2020-1603400972-928x523.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love short films. They are a storytelling form that allows for interesting twists and turns on the familiar, giving filmmakers a place to hone their craft. Short films are where I first discovered filmmakers like Jason Reitman before they started making features. As the owner of a film website, I get sent a lot of short films and I\u2019ll be quite honest: most of them are bad. But today, I want to bring your attention to a great new short directed by (full disclosure) my friend\u00a0<strong>Simon Hatt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You might reccognize Simon\u2019s name as he is a producer on the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> sequels, <em>The Suicide Squad<\/em>, and <em>Brightburn<\/em>. He started out as a director\u2019s assistant on Matthew Vaughn\u2019s\u00a0<em>X-Men: First Class<\/em>, and worked his way up to become James Gunn\u2019s right-hand man. This shot was filmed during <em>Squad<\/em>\u2018s Christmas break and edited on the weekends during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hammer Down<\/em><\/strong> is a very confident directorial debut, telling\u00a0the story of a young girl (<strong>Abigail Dylan Harrison<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing with her truck-driving father (<em>This is Us<\/em> star <strong>Chris Sullivan<\/strong>, who yes, was Taserface in <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>) while he smuggles a mysterious cargo. This trucker western\u00a0is\u00a0<em>The Professional\u00a0<\/em>by way of<em>\u00a0Indiana Jones,<\/em> with maybe shades of Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0<em>Duel \u2013\u00a0<\/em>which is a weird mix for sure. The short has been making its festival run and it just played at the San Jose International Short Film Festival, where The Hollywood Reporter called it a \u201ctrucker movie with superhero spirit.\u201d<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post -->With the pandemic in full effect, Hatt has graciously allowed us to exclusively premiere the short film online. You can watch it below, and read my interview with Simon Hatt right below that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/473537645\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your journey. You always hear in Hollywood to work your way up, but typically that\u2019s not what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens. But for the last decade you\u2019ve been climbing your way up the ladder from assistant to producer of big Marvel films. That\u2019s quite a trajectory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My first job in the business was operating the air conditioning on Gulliver\u2019s Travels (the Jack Black version). I then worked as an assistant to a few different directors which really gave me a \u201cfront row seat at the opera\u201d. I got to see the workings of every department and how the director collaborated with all the artists and technicians on the movie. It was an invaluable experience and has really informed everything since.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 -->James Gunn then had me step into a producing role on Guardians Vol 2 and we\u2019ve been working together since.\u00a0As a producer I\u2019ve gotten to work alongside some of the best in the business \u2013 Peter Safran, Chuck Roven, Kevin Feige, Lou D\u2019Esposito and Victoria Alonso. I\u2019ve learned fantastic things from each of them. They\u2019re fantastic leaders with a huge variety of skills and qualities. I\u2019ve been lucky to have a career surrounded by incredibly talented and generous filmmakers. A day hasn\u2019t gone past where I haven\u2019t learned something valuable.<\/p>\n<p>But directing was always where I wanted to land so I just had to find a window to make something. So last Christmas I cancelled the festivities, went out to the desert and made Hammer Down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While this short film definitely doesn\u2019t feel like a true story, you can feel the truth behind so many tiny specific details in this film. How\u2019d it come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a kid I spent a good chunk of time in my dads truck, driving up and down England. I also watched Indiana Jones an unhealthy amount. Action\/adventure was really in my bones. And on these road trips \u2013 any chance I got I would break away and explore a dingy warehouse or a rusted truck.. I guess I imagined myself to be my Dad\u2019s sidekick.<\/p>\n<p>So the world we\u2019ve created in Hammer Down is rooted in that truth.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 -->And emotionally speaking, these two characters are tethered by their grief and that comes from a real experience too. My mum died when I was young and I kind of got to know my father all over again. The guy who had always been my tough Indiana Jones figure was suddenly vulnerable and hurt. Chris Sullivan did a fantastic job of capturing that in 13 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The thing that strikes me im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely is that this short is so confident for a directorial debut. Any hopes or intentions to expand this into a feature?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. I\u2019m currently putting in the finishing touches to the first tale set in the Hammer Down world.. a feature film. It\u2019s something I\u2019m very excited about. It\u2019s an intimate story of a changing family set on the frontier of America\u2019s roads. Gas stations and junkyards and creepy diners.<\/p>\n<p>And daturally coming from the world of blockbusters there are some unforgettable actions sequences for Hammer Down and Power Wheels. They\u2019re a great team who I love writing for \u2013 and it\u2019s really fun to subvert the idea of a what it is to be a mentor \u2013 how the person you think you\u2019re meant to be looking after is really looking after you.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, You\u2019ll find out what\u2019s in the truck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haha Any hints?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_4 -->It\u2019s not Marsellus Wallace\u2019s soul. Or an Infinity Stone. Or the Ark of the Covenant. 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