What are some of the things that Sams character does to make life difficult for this couple?
Neil LaBute: One of the things you seem him do is, after he is drawn into this conflict, the young couple is in bed talking. They notice that the air conditioning is not working. They go outside, and they see that the belt is broken. It looks like it has been cut. We don’t show Sam doing these things, but it looks like he is the one responsible. There is another scene where the tires have been slashed. One of the first things that bothers the couple are these spotlights Sam has on the front of his house. They are shining in the couple’s window. Patrick Wilson’s character walks over and asks, “Until we get some curtains, can you keep the glow down?” He tells them he can’t do it, because there is a bad element of kids hanging out in the cul-de-sac, breaking bottles and bothering his young daughter. Sam always has an answer for the things he does. Or seems to do. The more we imply he is doing these things, the less evidence they have that he is doing this. In terms of the police, it seems
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