Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ earns polite response at world premiere as Halyna Hutchins honored
Alec Baldwin's Western film Rustre received a courteous reception during its contentious debut on Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toru, Poland, more than three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died unintentionally on shoot.
The audience cheered during the movie's final credits, and their cheers got louder as a tribute to Hutchins was shown. But before the credits rolled and before a Q&A with director Joel Souza—who was also hurt in the October 2021 shooting accident that happened during production in New Mexico—and cinematographer Bianca Cline, who finished the film, a good number of attendees exited the auditorium.
According to an event spokeswoman, Alec Baldwin, the producer and celebrity who was in charge of the prop pistol at the time of the mishap, was not...