6:05AM Defamer Hollywood | The
LAT ran a fascinating piece today on Richard Dutcher, the filmmaker who was anointed the father of Mormon cinema after his 2000 sleeper hit,
God’s Army, ushered in a wave of Mormon-focused indie flicks. Now, Dutcher is releasing what’s being marketed as “the first R-rated Mormon movie” — and it’s a doozy, peppered with cursing, nudity and violence. Called
Falling, it stars Dutcher as an amoral videographer attempting to figure out his life after repudiating his faith. It’s a concept Dutcher knows well, because the father of Mormon cinema is now
renouncing his religion:
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