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Neil LaBute

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About Neil LaBute

Neil N. LaBute is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play which he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997), winning awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Film Critics Circle. He wrote and directed the films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Possession (2002), The Shape of Things (2003), The Wicker Man (2006), Some Velvet Morning (2013), and Dirty Weekend (2015).

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I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussi…
Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.
First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?