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Shia LaBeouf’s Theater Company From Hell: Cannes Doc Reveals Actor’s Misconduct With Students and Hopes for Redemption
Leo Lewis O’Neil’s documentary “Slauson Rec” goes inside the acting school Shia LaBeouf created in Los Angeles.
What begins as a 2018 attempt to build a creative “family” of players and stimulate the community of South Central Los Angeles played more like a descent into ego-driven insanity, complete with physical violence and harrowing screaming matches. He spoke with festival director Thierry Frémaux ahead of the screening, simply saying, “I’m so grateful [O’Neil] still lets me around him and bring him ideas.” In the opening moments of the project, LaBeouf sits for a present-day interview. The vibe inside the premiere seemed to mirror what the on-screen theater group lived through: cautious optimism and joy when LaBeouf is engaged about creating art, suffocating tension when he flies off the handle berating actors and crew members with sanctimonious lectures and laugh-out-loud disbelief when the star tries to justify his behavior in the aftermath.
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