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A young, budding filmmaker named David Crowley, his wife Komel and their daughter Rani,. Crowley was working on an independent film called “Gray State” which features the eerie log line, “By consent or conquest.” He self-funded the trailer, and clips from the ambitious project — which is set in a dystopian world where a government shutdown was eminent — illustrate Crowley’s potential as a filmmaker. And, yet, the development of the project also illustrates its creator's spiraling anti-government paranoia.

Werner Herzog’s “A Gray State. ‘A Gray State’ Trailer: Werner Herzog. An official selection of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, “A Gray State. Film Review: 'A Gray State' Reviewed online, San Francisco, Oct. Running time: 93 MIN. Production: (Documentary) A First Run Features release of an A&E. Jul 05, 2017 “A Gray State”: A right-wing conspiracy theorist films his own deadly descent into madness. Kramer 2017-07-05T22:58. As “A Gray State. First Run Features has acquired rights to A Grey State. 2017 10:10am. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.

How did you get the participation of David's family and friends? I flew to Minneapolis and met with them, and spoke the truth to them. I said to them “There’s no road map, and I promise you won’t like this film. It won’t be something you’ll want to watch, but I can fill in the details the forensic police report didn’t. I believe there is more to the story than meets the eye, and this can be a form a therapy for you. Fx Tools Pro Software. ” There were obvious and justifiable concerns — was it too soon?

What will he uncover? What this film is not is a by-the-numbers tidy film. It’s not a dissection of the alt-right movement. I glibly refer to it as “American Movie” meets “Grizzly Man” meets “The Shining.” It’s a psychological horror film of someone documenting — maybe knowingly or unknowingly — a descent into madness. I call it a core sample of American crazy. It’s got insane politics, insane narcissism, and the cult of his friends who make this movie. It’s got the Iraq war and gun culture and religion and spirituality.