The Hardest Fight

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By MarBelle ⋅ March 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In John Hicks’ The Hardest Fight 70 year old boxer and bare knuckle fighter Dave Payne paints a picture of the deterimintion needed to be a boxer in the face of the physical onslaught the body must endure – “Shots to the body, you feel lumps of muscle seem to move around” a line that made me squirm in particular. Hicks sets Payne’s words against beautiful shots of the man training in a derelict warehouse, supported by a low key score from Marc Johnson and Gary Lawson.

The Hardest Fight by John Hicks from John Hicks on Vimeo.

Author: MarBelle

MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle

Tags: Documentary, John Hicks, The Hardest Fight

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2 comments for “The Hardest Fight”

Thanks for posting MarBelle – appreciate it!!! Really excited that this, my first short film, just got shown on the big screen at the BFI Converge Film Festival…Thanks to everyone for watching!!! John x

Posted by John Hicks | March 10, 2011, 10:15 am
Anytime John, it’s a great example of how to make an impact (no pun intended) in a short amount of time.

Posted by MarBelle | March 11, 2011, 2:16 pm