He stumbles upon a doctor’s report on a strange patient from India, Imhrat Khan, who has the ability to see with his eyes closed. Henry Sugar is a wealthy bachelor who lives a life of extravagance. Related: Benedict Cumberbatch's Best Dramatic Movies, Ranked The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar has multiple embedded narratives making it a perfect example of a nested story. Freedom fighters against the relationship police.Despite being based on one of the short stories from the classic, the film is supposed to be divided into three chapters where Henry Sugar (played by Cumberbatch) will serve as the connecting thread. To the writer it feels like they took the idea of resisting the pressure to be in a relationship and treating it like a revolutionary fight of the single peoples right to be single. I'm fine being alone" and pushing back against that peer pressure and reveling in your singleness and lack of all of the problems relationships bring.
The writer takes that idea and runs with it and invents a world where society literally forces you into relationships, or else turns you into an animal (of your choice).Īnd the second half of the story is the writer asserting their own independence and saying "I don't need anybody in order to be happy. I imagine the writers thought process went along the lines of: The first half of the movie is all of your friends and family that can't believe you're alone and oh my god how can you not be with someone? And you feel this pressure to be with someone just to shut your friends and family up. Happiness lay in finding a compromise between individualism, and sharing your life with another.
And people who are loners that think everybody in a relationship is a chump.īoth perspectives have some validity but as with most extremes, both are unpleasant ways to live. People who can't exist as individuals and literally can't live alone and need to be in a relationship at all times. I interpret it as a reflection on two extremes. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire The Big List of Movie-Related Subreddits.Our Full Rules and Wiki Filter Posts by Link FlairĬlick 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! The post will then be hidden like this.įor leaked info about upcoming movies, twist endings, or anything else spoileresque, please use the following method:
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