With In the Company of Men,... by Neil LaBute, an American Director

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“With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult.”

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Neil LaBute

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Name: Neil LaBute

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Mar 19, 1963

Profession: Director

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But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.

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Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

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I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.

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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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I wanted to make these people real, not like they were in a painting. Like these are people who don't know they're in a period movie. Those concerns are incredibly immediate.

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