The Camerimage International Film Festival announced Thursday that Rust will premiere in Poland in November, but I don’t understand why the film wasn’t canned.
The movie is Screening schedule It’s been three years since cinematographer Halina Hutchins was allegedly shot and killed on set. “Rust” seems cursed and will forever be synonymous with death and safety issues on set.
After all the chaos, devastation, and bad energy surrounding this movie, would anyone really want to see this movie? You’d think that at some point, someone would realize that this movie was never going to be received in the way it was originally intended.
SANTA FE, N.M. – JULY 12: Hilaria Baldwin (R) speaks with her husband, actor Alec Baldwin, during his manslaughter trial in the First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Baldwin was charged with fatally shooting cinematographer Halina Hutchins on the set of the movie “The Last” in 2021. (Photo courtesy of Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images)
During filming, Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reid were at the center of the investigation into Hutchins’ death. It turned out to be a seemingly endless series of civil and criminal proceedings. Ultimately, First Judicial District Court Judge Mary Marlow Sommer dismissed Baldwin’s manslaughter case, and New Mexico District Court Judge Mary Marlow sentenced Gutierrez-Reed to 18 months in prison. .
This in itself sounds like a horror movie.
After a press conference by attorney Gary Dordik (not pictured) and Serge Svetnoy, chief lighting engineer for the film “The Last,” a press conference about the lawsuit filed after the fatal shooting in the movie “The Last.” Later, a photo of Serge Svetnoy and Halina Hutchins is displayed. November 10, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
The festival is doing the right thing by vowing to honor Hutchins, who was 42 years old when he died.
Director Joel Souza, cinematographer Bianca Klein, and Stephen Lighthill, Halina’s mentor at the American Film Institute, met after the film screening to discuss the events surrounding the film and the idea of continuing production after Halina’s death. He will participate in a panel discussion “providing insights,” Energa Kameimage reported. announced.
Santa Fe, New Mexico – April 15: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and attorney Jason Bowles appear for a sentencing hearing on April 15, 2024 in the First District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gutierrez Reed, an armorer on the set of the Western movie “The Last,” was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins, who was shot and killed by Alec Baldwin. (Photo by Eddie Moore Poole/Getty Images)
Baldwin, who is also the lead actor and producer of “Lust,” will not be attending the premiere. hollywood reporter.
This all seems like a bunch of bad vibes being passed off as a movie screening. There won’t be any red carpet glitter, and fans won’t just be able to forget that this movie resulted in the death of an innocent worker. (Related: ‘The Last’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed Pleads Guilty to Unrelated Shooting)
Rarely do we celebrate by watching a film that forever evokes death, tragedy, and questions of guilt and transparency that are never fully resolved.
