Benedict Cumberbatch at Sundance for a film about grief and fatherhood

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Benedict Cumberbatch at Sundance for a film about grief and fatherhood  British actor Benedict Cumberbatch walks the carpet of his latest film, "The Thing with feathers," at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah. In this adaptation of British bestseller "Grief Is This Thing with Feathers," Cumberbatch plays a dad with two kids, dealing with the death of his wife.   AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #sundancefilmfestival  #benedictcumberbatch

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00:00I think that's the big message from this one, is that grief is, it is a scary thing.

00:10It is something that we all universally will experience at some point or another, in whatever

00:14form it comes.

00:15It could be a toddler losing a toy, it can be the profound loss of a loved one, it can

00:20be loss of opportunity, it doesn't necessarily have to be death, but it can be the idea that

00:24something that was there isn't there anymore, and that impermanence is just something that

00:28you have to accept and grief is part of it.

00:31We struggle to do our best with this incredible piece of literature and Dylan's extraordinary

00:39adaptation of it.

00:40We are trying to do something whereby in the culture anyone can see themselves in it and

00:44express or go along that journey or relate to it.

00:47It's not just about a dad and two children, it's about anyone who's been there.

00:50Well, The Thing With Feathers is based on a beautiful book called Grief is a Thing With

00:54Feathers, which deals the story of a father and two young sons at the moment when they've

00:59just suddenly lost the mother of the house, and he becomes convinced that his house is

01:04being haunted by a presence which is derived from his work, and he's writing about this

01:10crow character taken from Ted Hughes' poetry.

01:13So it's a kind of horror movie, but about a family that are dealing with this point

01:18in their lives, but it's funny and moving and scary.

01:22I think, for me, the film is very different to the book, but it has the same DNA and it

01:27has the same tone and it has the same compassion and kindness, but in the very act of adapting

01:36I'm putting some of myself into it.

01:38When I was writing the script I was a new father and I was seeing my two kids grow up

01:46together in their relationship and I was actually looking at childhood from a totally new perspective.

02:22And I was like, okay, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this,

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