“From Life to Screen: The Surprising Truth Behind the Emotional Journey of ‘His Three Daughters'”
The acclaimed writer-director was in his late teens when he experienced death for the first time, and realized he’d been “lied to,” as he puts it. “There’s no music, there’s no soundtrack, there’s no slow motion. There’s just… nothing,” he told me on my podcast Script Apart recently, describing how his brush with losing a loved one differed from how it’s shown on screen.
Crafting ‘His Three Daughters’ from Personal Experiences
His response was to write a film that showed what bereavement actually feels like. How it can be slow, unlike the dramatic renderings of death Hollywood favors. How it can be sad, happy, and even hilarious at times, as gallows humor takes over. And, crucially, how it can foster resentment among family members.
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