The Shape of Things Page #4

Synopsis: While visiting an art museum, a nerdy college student named Adam meets an iconoclastic artist named Evelyn and is instantly smitten. As their relationship develops, she gradually encourages Adam to change in various ways that surprise his older friends, Jenny and Philip. However, as events progress, Evelyn's antics become darker and darker as her influence begins to twist Adam and his friends in hurtful ways.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Neil LaBute
Production: Focus Features
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2003
96 min
$662,763
2,792 Views


- Oh, no, it wasn't.

- Yes, it was.

No. Pornography is meant

to titillate, to excite you.

Did you see a picture ofiwhat happened?

- We did, yeah.

And does a penis excite you?

I mean, just any old penis?

Uh, you're funny,

and that's not the point.

It's totally the point!

How about you, Jenn? Did you like

what you saw? Did it get you hot?

This is, like,

uncalled-for, okay?

- All she said was... - I know what she said.

Why don't you let her speak?

Did you wanna say

anything else? Huh?

Okay.

Then, look, all I'm... I'm

saying is that, in my opinion,

it wasn't pornography,

it was a statement.

Wow.

The postgraduate mind at work.

You know, I still dont see

how that makes it a statement.

- What do you mean?

- It's graffiti.

It would be a huge statement,

especially for a town like this.

Which "Take Back the Night" rally

did you find her at, Adam?

You're really the obnoxious

type. You know that?

I mean, how long did you have

to stomach this guy? Evelyn...

Anyhow, who knows what the

person was saying by it. We don't.

But I think it was a gesture,

a kind of manifesto, if you will...

W-W-Wait. I don't think a person's

dick can be a manifesto. Uh-uh.

You can write a manifesto

on your thing,

but your thing can't be one.

I'm sure I read that somewhere. See,

you're just trying to be really...

Hey, I'm not trying to be anything.

Who the hell do you think you are?

A few double dates, and telling

me anything about who I am.

- Un-f***ing-believable!

- Okay, this is getting a little...

Adam, you can really pick 'em.

Let's just forget the whole...

You are not gonna take his

side in this, are you? No.

Jesus! I'm just trying to get out

of here with a touch of dignity.

I've got a test tomorrow

anyway. "Statement."

Just shut the f*** up!

F*** right off.

How would you know?

I think she was making one.

So, that's my opinion.

Jenny,

thanks for everything.

Yeah, how'd you know

it was a girl?

I don't.

I just said.

It's a guess... what it

was, where it was placed.

An educated guess.

Oh, you're not...

She's not trying to take a poke

at my being an undergrad, is she?

Okay, can we just stop this now,

please? Adam, tell me she didn't just...

Hey, artiste, how did you know it

was a woman who painted the cock?

Very, very suspicious there.

You're such a prick.

Man, how do you go on

day after day?

Let's go.

Adam,

are you coming?

Yeah.

I'll meet you out front?

I just wanna... Okay.

You're very sweet.

Good luck.

"Good luck"?

Hey, f*** you!

Oh, come on, m-man!

Where in hell did you meet

that b*tch? At the museum.

What, did she give you a haircut

and a blow job, now youre her puppy?

Phil!

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Neil LaBute

Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997), which won 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) (based on the A.S. Byatt novel), The Shape of Things (2003) (based on his play of the same name), The Wicker Man (2006), Some Velvet Morning (2013), and Dirty Weekend (2015). He directed the films Nurse Betty (2000), Lakeview Terrace (2008), and the American adaptation of Death at a Funeral (2010). LaBute created the TV series Billy & Billie, writing and directing all of the episodes and is also creator of the TV series Van Helsing. He also directed several episodes for shows such as Hell on Wheels and Billions. more…

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