Wener Herzog is a filmmaker that cannot be ignored. He’s challenging, dangerous, and he puts his actors through hell. For some reason, Willem Dafoe loves that hell and went from creatively collecting logs in Von Trier’s Antichrist to playing detective for Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. The film involves a man (played by Michael Shannon) who experiences some strange, stirring occurrences that lead him down the unnatural path toward killing his mother with a sword. Sounds Herzog-ian. Fortunately, First Look Studios was sponsoring a press day that everyone could attend from the comfort of their own home with nothing but an internet connection, a Twitter handle, and a pants-free attitude. We asked Herzog about, what else, paranoia, and here’s what he had to say.

Inspired by a true story, this film follows a man who travels to Peru and comes back and begins to experience mystifying events. Events that lead him to slay his own mother with a sword.