With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult.
I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.
First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.
Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.
I felt, if I'm going to take on some of the most overdone material, which is men and women and affairs and betrayal of friends, I had better have a new take on it. I think my films come from a desperation not to be boring.
Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.