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Friday, February 17, 2023

'Rust' Names New Cinematographer and Announces Documentary

Variety: The producers of “Rust” have named a new cinematographer to take over for Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on set in October 2021. The production also announced that a documentary will be made about the completion of the film and about Hutchins’ life and work. The documentary will have the “full support” of the production and of Hutchins’ widower, Matthew.

1 comment:

Alex Reinard said...

I find it exciting to see another article on this blog about the Rust shooting. It's been so interesting to watch this whole thing unfold, but it looks like it might be coming to an end. As is the case with most of the Rust-related articles, there are parts of this story that seem great, and parts that seem strange. It's good that they decided to make a documentary about Halyna Hutchins and the shooting, and that they did it with the support of the crew and Hutchins' widow. At the same time, it seems kind of weird, to me, that the same company that is producing Rust is also producing the documentary. I guess it's not often that a company owns up to its mistakes like this. I also think it was an interesting choice to keep Alec Baldwin on the film - though I guess he denies wrongdoing, and I don't think the case is closed yet.