‘Honey Boy’ Review: Shia LaBeouf’s Life Story is Now a Familiar Addiction Drama — Sundance
“There was definitely an urgency in the script that I think anybody that read it felt,” said the filmmaker, who previously directed “Bombay Beach” and a slew of music videos. “An outpour, you know? He was basically court-ordered to go to rehab and write his memories. That’s how I got the script, like you see in the film, while he was in rehab. And I think you can sense that in the film, too.”
“I have no doubt. But time will tell, you know? I think people really love simple answers — people really wanna know yes, no, bad, good. Life is more complicated than that. Life is a process, you know? Life is what happens while we’re making other plans, like John Lennon said.”
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FKA Twigs, Maika Monroe, Natasha Lyonne, Noah Jupe, Martin Starr, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, and Clifton Collins Jr. co-star in “Honey Boy,” which has its world premiere in the U.S. Drama section yesterday. Jupe — who plays LaBeouf in his much younger years — was also in the studio to discuss the film, and spoke about the scene he found most difficult to shoot. Watch portions of both conversations below.
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