Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Earns Polite Response at World Premiere as Halyna Hutchins Honored: The ‘People Who Made It’ Are ‘Heroic’
variety.comCarolyn Giardina Over three years after the accidental on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin‘s Western film “Rust” received a polite response during its controversial premiere Wednesday at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, Poland.
The audience clapped through the film’s closing credits, strengthening their applause when a dedication to Hutchins appeared.
However, a fair amount of moviegoers left the theater before the credits ended and prior to a Q&A with director Joel Souza — who was also injured in the October 2021 gun accident that took place while filming in New Mexico — and cinematographer Bianca Cline, who completed the movie.
Producer and star Alec Baldwin — who was handling the prop gun at the time of the accident — was not invited to attend the festival, according to an event spokesperson.
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