Friday, October 22, 2021
Film Industry Reacts to Halyna Hutchins' Death on the Set of 'Rust'
Variety: The film industry is shocked, dismayed and angry following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday. She was killed while filming “Rust” when one of the movie’s actors, Alec Baldwin, discharged a prop gun on set.
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Firstly, this is an extremely devastating incident and I wish the best to all those who were close to Hutchins. But it really shows how dangerous even props can be and that the work of production is uncertain and scary. It is wonderful that so many directors, actors, and tech people reached out to extend their condolences to her family. Hutchins seemed like a wonderful artist and very passionate and committed to her work. I think it was great that this article centered around Hutchins and her art and friends instead of Baldwin. I’ve seen many other articles where she is just “woman” and not a real significant person. The issue now is to evaluate who is to “blame” or hold accountable for her death. The final tweet was a very interesting one and showed that some may believe that Baldwin is at fault for the incident. Its hard to say until a full investigation is pursued.
I keep waiting for more clarifying information to come out about this and it still hasn’t. Clearly, several people fucked up, but there really hasn’t been a detailed timeline of how events unfolded that I’ve seen. Regardless of who exactly messed this up, though, the commenters are right. This was absolutely preventable, and it’s time that we regulate the use of prop firearms, especially in film, where the detail of exactly where a weapon is pointing is more visible and important, but where realistic gunfire can be added in post with relative ease and inexpense. In live performance it’s a little less clear cut; there’s no post and the static perspective of the audience makes it easy to stage so that you never actually aim the weapon director at somebody, but we should still take this as a cautionary tale to remind us to use proper procedures when handling weapons and other dangerous props.
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