NOIAFT’s Chief Entertainment Critic Giò Crisafulli spoke with director Amber Sealey 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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