![]() ![]() ![]() NFF: Jon, from your perspective, why do you think this film is important coming at this time? You do think that that is his moment of conscience and clarity but that got passed by very quickly. I mean he said he was a fraud and then his brother told him he wasn’t a fraud and nobody believed that he was a fraud so he took it back. NFF: At one point we see in the film that he essentially confessed he was a fraud.Īmy: He said he was a fraud and then the reaction was so kind of odd. Because that might be the only way to save a lot of lives. But I question myself a lot about, well, eventually, why wouldn’t he? How to prevent that? The sure way to prevent that is to hope he drops dead, which I do very much. Right now apparently he’s calculated that he has more to gain by not sparking, igniting some cataclysmic tragedy. His brand of extreme narcissism, he doesn’t want anyone to live if he’s not living.Īnd the most faithful, there’s no doubt that they would die if ordered. But why would Warren not precipitate something like Waco or Jonestown? This is not in his personality to say, “You know what, I’m in prison. I’m really nervous about saying that because people dismiss you. NFF: What are your concerns about what he might do from behind bars?Īmy: You just worry that he might call for some type of a mass extinction of his followers or some other kind of horrific event. It’s a lot like the Mafia.Īmy: It’s shocking to me that somebody can be sending prophesies from a federal prison and especially somebody with a rap sheet like his. That’s why I’m in prison so you need to be more righteous, more loyal.” He communicates quite easily through his attorneys, through family members who visit him - even though they’re speaking over phone lines in recorded conversations they have codes they use. You have not been giving me enough of your money. He’s become a martyr. He uses his imprisonment to say, “This is your fault. Jon Krakauer: In many ways he’s more powerful now than he’s ever been. Why is it important that people not forget about him? But after he was captured, then tried and eventually convicted in Texas of child sexual assault, the media attention faded. NFF: There was a lot of media attention when Jeffs was put on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. but I didn’t know much about Warren Jeffs or the FLDS so it was all kind of coming fresh. So I was approached by them, and Imagine are the executive producers of the film. Amy Berg: When Jon was talking with Imagine about making a feature of Under the Banner of Heaven he wanted to make sure that a documentary was produced on the FLDS and Warren Jeffs. : I understand the project originated with Jon and Sam. ![]() spoke with Berg and Krakauer about the documentary and their concerns about the danger posed by Warren Jeffs. ![]()
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