People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.
Neil LaButeMy business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time.
Neil LaButeThere is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.
Neil LaButeThere were certain things that I watched, and I screened a series of period films as well, not because I wanted to copy those, because I wanted to be different. โFar from the Madding Crowdโ was one I looked to because I thought it looked so good. โDoctor Zhivago.โ Unrequited love is always a great thing. โTessโ was something I looked at, I thought Polanski got the period right.
Neil LaBute