{"id":2111268,"date":"2025-10-23T20:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2111268"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:55:33","slug":"why-this-heartbreaking-scene-was-cut-from-the-perfect-neighbor-according-to-the-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-this-heartbreaking-scene-was-cut-from-the-perfect-neighbor-according-to-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Why This Heartbreaking Scene Was Cut From \u2018The Perfect Neighbor,\u2019 According to the Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By now, you will have probably seen, or at least heard of, The Perfect Neighbor<\/a><\/em> documentary on Netflix<\/a>. The film tells the tragic real-life story of how Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens<\/a> was shot and killed by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the documentary, which predominantly uses body camera footage captured by police, we see and hear the events that lead up to Owens’ murder, as well as the impact it had on her loved ones and the local community.<\/p>\n

But, amidst the many, many emotional scenes in the film\u2014which viewers have taken to social media to talk about in droves\u2014there was one clip that was cut. Now, director Geeta Gandbhir has told Decider<\/a> details of the scene and why it was left out of The Perfect Neighbor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted the audience to feel the tension, the chaos,\u201d Gandbhir said while discussing what did make the cut, pointing to one scene which viewers have described as being the most difficult to watch. That being the moment Owens’ children and family find out she has passed away. But, Gandbhir went on, \u201cThere’s footage that’s even more challenging to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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