Exploring the filmmaker's journey through projects 'Six Cents' and 'Unbreakable', the chapter emphasizes balancing light and dark themes in storytelling. The discussion highlights the impact of humor, genre, and emotional depth in creating meaningful connections with the audience.
Before M. Night Shyamalan became a household name for his mind bending thrillers like “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs”, he was just a young screenwriter in love. And during those blissful early years of marriage he wrote a love story. The screenplay for “Labor of Love” sold right away, and over the next 30 years or so there would be numerous attempts to make it into a movie. There was a major studio, there were A-list directors, Shyamalan even found his perfect star. In this episode, M. Night Shyamalan tells Malcolm about the script that haunts him.
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