Benedict Cumberbatch explores grief through the male prism in his upcoming film titled “The Thing with Feathers.”
Cumberbatch states that grief is something we all experience at one point or another. For instance, losing someone you really love at some point. An exploration of how men experience troubles due to a lack of female influence in their lives. Cumberbatch told in his interview that the film explores concept of scapegoating, blame-placing and amongst all these processes, simply experiencing grief.
The actor simplifies the message for the fans. It leans into the idea that men are allowed to experience complex emotions. Moreover, burying or suppressing such emotions comes at a cost.
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The film is based on a short Novella Grief is the Thing with Feathers and has three parts. The three chapters unfold the story of a man who lost his wife and has two boys. Some fictitious features include time the boys time travelling to see their past life. Finally, the third part, as per Author Max Porter, involves a crow who plays a Freudian therapist. The crow remains a figment of imagination showing how children handle grief.
Furthermore, the Sherlock star discusses how such films are important to accept despite their challenging execution. The actor believes this remains a goal for the production company. That is to channel the experiences of audiences through characters. To pour life into a piece of fiction making it tangible and relatable.
Lastly, Cumberbatch kept stressing how glossy movies try to sugarcoat and sanitize emotions to make content palatable for wider audience. However, he aims to avoid it with this film saying, “That’s not allowable in our film. Because it’s not a Hallmark movie and Crow is present – who’s this reminder that grief is chaotic, unpredictable, and unwelcome. It just happens when it happens, and how it happens, in the way it happens.”
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