{"id":17994,"date":"2024-11-20T21:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17994"},"modified":"2024-11-20T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:42:16","slug":"rust-premieres-at-low-key-film-festival-three-years-after-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17994","title":{"rendered":"Rust premieres at low-key film festival three years after shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The film premiered on Wednesday in Torun, central Poland<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The western Rust has premiered in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed on set in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Organisers of Poland\u2019s Camerimage International Film Festival said the screening was a tribute to the 42-year-old Ukrainian-born cinematographer, who was a fan of the event and had attended in the past.<\/p>\n

The movie\u2019s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the premiere. <\/p>\n

Writer and director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, told the BBC at the premiere that at one point he “couldn\u2019t even conceive of ever being back on the set ever again, it just hurt too much”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said he changed his mind and decided to complete the film after speaking to Hutchins’ husband, Matt.<\/p>\n

But the announcement that Camerimage in the northern Polish city of Torun was going to give the movie its international debut has been criticised by some prominent cinematographers in Hollywood for being disrespectful to Hutchins’ memory.<\/p>\n

Hutchins\u2019 mother, Olga Solovey, who is suing the production and Alec Baldwin in a civil action, didn\u2019t attend either.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by her lawyer she said she regards the premiere as an attempt to profit from her daughter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlec Baldwin continues to increase my pain with his refusal to apologise to me and his refusal to take responsibility for her death,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People queue for the screening, which wasn’t completely full<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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In October 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on set with a gun, which was supposed to be loaded with dummy rounds, when the weapon fired a live round, killing Hutchins and wounding Souza.<\/p>\n

How a live bullet got into the gun remains a mystery.<\/p>\n

In July, a judge dismissed an involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin after police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defence.<\/p>\n

In March, the armourer on the film set, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and is serving an 18-month prison sentence. She has appealed against the verdict.<\/p>\n

Set in 1882 in Wyoming, Rust tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who is sentenced to be hanged after he accidentally kills a rancher. He goes on the run with his grandfather, Baldwin\u2019s Harlan Rust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Halyna Hutchins pictured at a filmmakers event in 2019<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Souza, who attended the premiere with Bianca Cline who replaced Hutchins as the film\u2019s cinematographer, refused several requests to complete the film after the tragic shooting, said Hutchins’ husband, Matt, convinced him to complete the film, which is dedicated to her.<\/p>\n

“At first I didn\u2019t really know if I wanted to do this to be honest, but as I found out that this is what Matt wanted, this is what the family wanted, it started to change the equation for me,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“It was going to be more about honouring her legacy and her memory, saying that her final work was completed and that began to change my mind on things,” he added.<\/p>\n

Both he and Cline acknowledged that many in the industry were uncomfortable with his decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s angry, we\u2019re angry as well. It\u2019s something tragic and it\u2019s hard to deal with. Some people think it\u2019s better to deal with that through not participating and other people think it\u2019s honourable like we do. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any right or wrong answer to this,\u201d Cline told the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cinematographer Bianca Cline with the film’s writer and director Joel Souza, centre<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Before the screening, Rachel Mason, a close friend of Hutchins who filmed a documentary about the making of Rust, recalled how difficult it was to complete the movie with all the controversy surrounding it.<\/p>\n

She said some crew members told her not to film them on the closed set, in case, she said, it was discovered they had worked on Rust “and I might never get a job again”.<\/p>\n

Crew came back to finish the filming after they realised it might help Hutchins’ family.<\/p>\n

“She had this amazing gift of becoming friends very, very fast with people. And they all fell in love with her,” she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Mason also recounted a conversation with Hutchins’ mother 18 months ago during which she told her she wanted the film to be completed because it was her daughter\u2019s “big work”.<\/p>\n

Rust depicts the manhunt for grandfather and grandson amidst a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and tumbleweed dirt towns.<\/p>\n

It knowingly acknowledges classic westerns including John Ford\u2019s \u2018The Searchers\u2019 and Sergio Leone\u2019s \u2018The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\u2019.<\/p>\n

Souza was very close to his own grandfather, who, he said, loved westerns.<\/p>\n

Several people I spoke to after the screening enjoyed the movie with Jan, a film colourist from Warsaw calling it “a classic western”.<\/p>\n

Leonora, a cinematographer from Belarus said it was brilliant and she had cried all the way through Ms Mason\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Halyna Hutchins’ friend Rachel Mason also spoke to the audience<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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One viewer noted the many gunfight scenes involving Alec Baldwin could be distracting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the time as I was thinking about it, especially during the gunfight scenes, it was hard not to get pulled back out of the movie, especially when Alec Baldwin\u2019s holding a gun, but most of the time it was just a really, really enjoyable experience,\u201d Maciej from Torun said.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Melina Spadone, representative for Rust Movie Productions, defended the festival against some of the criticism.<\/p>\n

“The Camerimage festival celebrates the artistry of cinematographers; it is not a festival for buyers. <\/p>\n

“None of the producers of Rust stand to benefit financially from the film. The suggestion that those involved in completing Halyna Hutchins\u2019 film were motivated by profit is disrespectful to those who worked tirelessly to honor her legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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