God, the Devil and Mad Forgery Skills: Jared Hess and Tyler Measom Discuss "Murder Among The Mormons" – SLUG Magazine
Don Verdean, which starred Sam Rockwell as a phony “Biblical Archaeologist” was “100%” inspired by the Hofmann case. For Measom, a documentary filmmaker whose films include Sons of Perdition, this project was right up his alley. “I caught wind that Jared was interested in it as well,” Measom says. “So we had a sushi lunch, and right there at that time, we said, ‘Let’s do it together.’” The filmmakers wanted to tell the story of Murder Among the Mormons from the point of view of those who were there. “That was the most important aspect,” Hess says, “being able to...
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