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.

D. His next film Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) with an ensemble cast including Eckhart and Ben Stiller was a shocking[citation needed] portrayal of the sex lives of three suburban couples. Critics have responded to his plays as having a misanthropic tone.

LaBute (born March 19 1963) is an American film director screenwriter and playwright. Neil N.