NOIAFT’s Chief Entertainment Critic Giò Crisafulli spoke with Olympian and actress/executive producer Allison Baver at the 2021 Tribeca Festival premiere of No Man of God.
Interview shot by Melissa Batista.
No Man of God Synopsis: It was a radical new approach to criminal investigations: “profiling.” Through one-on-one discussions with serial offenders, FBI researchers could go much more in-depth. FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood), emboldened by this new philosophy, sat down with famed serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) for several interviews from 1984-1989 inside Florida State Prison, in hopes of figuring out why Bundy murdered more than 20 victims. What started out as a straightforward informational assignment gradually turned personal for Hagmaier, whose feelings about his charismatic subject grew more complicated with each conversation. Is it possible to empathize with evil?
CAST & CREDITS:
DIRECTOR: Amber Sealey (an award-winning filmmaker whose films include No Man of God, No Light & No Land Anywhere, How Does it Start, How to Cheat, and A Plus D.
PRODUCER: Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, Elijah Wood, Kim Sherman
SCREENWRITER: Kit Lesser
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Karina Silva
COMPOSER: Clarice Jensen
EDITOR: Patrick Nelson Barnes
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stacy Jorgensen, Elisa Lleras, Mark Ward, Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo
CASTING BY: Danielle Aufiero, CSA, Amber Horn, CSA
SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: Brent Kiser
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Michael Fitzgerald
COSTUME DESIGNER: Emily Batson
CAST: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Patrick
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