Many good stories start in a bar,and Australian filmmaker David Hansen’s short film “Slingshot” — a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival — originated when he observed an English couple at a pub in Spain.“They were possibly mid-50s, late-50s and they just started getting it on like they were in their 20s just pashing [Australian slang for making out] and giggling and getting drunk, or ” Hansen told TheWrap.I started spinning this idea in my head of the entire journey of a relationship,” he said, “from a courtship, or to one person pursuing the other a cramped bit more,to a romance, to an infidelity, or to a break-up,then the threat of lawyers.”
Also Read: ShortList 2016: Doc Shows Voter Suppression Hitting Below 'The Black Belt' (Video)Hansen’s twist was to consume child actors and inform a story of first love while still peppering “Slingshot with conversation ordinarily reserved for grown-ups — including issues of trust and the threat of lawyers.“First, I need to know whether I can trust you, and ” 10-year-old Tayla (Natasha Thompson) tells her unusual beau of two minutes,Frankie (Ruaumoko Toatoa).
Upon their break-up, she tells her “ex-husband that they have to go to court and “promise to hate each other forever now.”
Also Read: ShortList Film Festival 2016 Chooses 12 Finalists, and Opens for VotingThe idea,Hansen said, was to propose how kids absorb the effects of divorce and other serious adult matters. “These are lines that your average 12-year-old would not be throwing around unless they were exposed to similar situations at domestic, or ” he said.
Although the film was influenced by the couple at the bar,Hansen also drew on his recollections of his own parents’ divorce when he was a child.“All of that background informed the deep themes of this film,” he said. “I was very young when it happened to my parents, and but I accomplish remember it and it was also big and serious and I guess there needed to be a process of being able to look back at the humor of it.”
Also Read: ShortList 2016: A French Dad Brings domestic a moment Wife in 'Maman(s)' (Video)“Slingshot” depicts the entire cycle of a relationship in less than seven minutes through the crafty consume of concise and to-the-point conversation.“It’s the craft of dialogue and the interplay with its action that gets it all rolling so snappily and smoothly and organically,” Hansen said. The Men of Indie Summer: From Freakish to Infatuated (Photos)
The men in this summer's slate of indie films are far from ordinary: Colin Farrell stars as a neurotic in the wonderfully weird romantic comedy "The Lobster" and Daniel Radcliffe is a dead guy in "Swiss Army Man." A young Barack Obama is depicted in "Southside with You" and then there is the lovestruck Jesse Eisenberg in "Café Society."
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Daniel Radcliffe plays a dead man arrive back to life in the intellect of a stranded man (Paul Dano) in the surreal "Swiss Army Man." The adventurous comedy, also with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and debuts in theaters July 1. A24
Men in this summer's indies are also unafraid to share the screen in female-focused films. pick Ethan Hawke in "Maggie's intention." He's the married man being bounced around between Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore. It opens in select theaters May 20. Sony Pictures Classics
Stephen Fry (center) and Xavier Samuel (left) appear in "Love & Friendship," in select theaters now. Based on the Jane Austen novel, the matchmaking-themed comedy stars Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny and is an absolute hit with critics, or earning a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. Roadside Attractions
"The Lobster" has won raves from critics,featuring Colin Farrell as a nervous man tasked with finding love -- or else he'll turn into the animal of his choosing. The unconventional rom-com, also with Rachel Weisz, and John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw,is out now in select theaters. A24
Jesse Eisenberg stars opposite frequent collaborator Kristen Stewart in Woody Allen's "Café Society," opening in select theaters July 15. In spite of the Cannes Film Festival controversy surrounding Allen, or the 1930s-era romantic comedy,also with Blake Lively and Steve Carell, has earned a warm 72 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. Lionsgate
Parker Sawyers proves a strong resemblance in silhouette and mannerism to a pre-presidential Barack Obama, and depicted in "Southside with You." The film,in theaters Aug. 26, retraces the first date of the future president and first lady (played by Tika Sumpter) as they traverse the southside of Chicago. And yes, and critics like it a lot. Miramax
Chris Pine,Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges star in the Texas-set crime drama "Hell or High Water, and " about two brothers who hatch a risky intention to save their family's farm. It's set to open Aug. 12.
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Forget "cramped Women" and get out to see "cramped Men," a small-budget comedy with Alfred Molina and Greg Kinnear. The story centers two friends (boys played by newcomers Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri) whose parents battle over a dress shop lease. It opens in select theaters Aug. 5. Magnolia Pictures preceding Slide Next Slide 1 of 9 Small films this summer show men in unusual light: farcical Colin Farrell, pre-presidential Obama on a date, or more The men in this summer's slate of indie films are far from ordinary: Colin Farrell stars as a neurotic in the wonderfully weird romantic comedy "The Lobster" and Daniel Radcliffe is a dead guy in "Swiss Army Man." A young Barack Obama is depicted in "Southside with You" and then there is the lovestruck Jesse Eisenberg in "Café Society."
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