After a tremendous amount of controversy, Alec Baldwin's film "Rust" is finally getting its moment in the spotlight -- it's set to premiere next month at Poland’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Cinematography Film Festival.
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00:00You know the whole tragedy behind the Rust movie,
00:04where Helena Hutchins, the cinematographer,
00:06was accidentally shot and killed by Alec Baldwin
00:10because there was live ammunition.
00:11You know that the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed,
00:16has been sentenced to prison for her role in this.
00:19Alec Baldwin was tried, but the case was dismissed
00:23because of prosecutorial misconduct.
00:25I never thought this movie was gonna get released.
00:27No.
00:27It is getting released, and there is a screening of it
00:32at a film festival in Poland.
00:35You say Poland?
00:36In Poland.
00:37Well, it's a big film festival.
00:38And what's interesting about this film festival
00:41is it's a cinematography film festival,
00:45and Helena Hutchins was the cinematographer in the movie.
00:49So it kind of makes sense.
00:51And Joel Sousa, who is the director,
00:55also, by the way, wounded,
00:57he is gonna be there.
00:58It is going to be shown to honor Helena Hutchins.
01:02Right.
01:03Who's not going to be there is really important.
01:05Alec Baldwin will not be there.
01:07Yeah, that's the big news out of this
01:09is that Alec Baldwin will not be there.
01:11He's obviously an executive producer on the film,
01:13the star of the film.
01:14Not to be at the premiere is a big deal,
01:17but it would be a huge distraction.
01:18And this is in Poland.
01:19It's meant to honor Helena Hutchins' life
01:21and her career as a cinematographer.
01:23There is a new cinematographer that's gonna be on the panel
01:25who finished the movie for her named Bianca Klein,
01:28along with Joel Sousa,
01:28and it really will be a remembrance.
01:30The question I have is, how will it be received?
01:32Will this be warmly received?
01:34Will they stand up?
01:35Without Alec there, I'm wondering if it'll be immediate.
01:37Derek, I think this is gonna be a big movie.
01:39I don't know how they're gonna receive it.
01:40I would imagine it'll be received well
01:42at the film festival.
01:43But I think once they finally do,
01:44if it's the theaters or if it's streaming somewhere,
01:46I think people are gonna be really curious.
01:48Curiosity, yeah.
01:49People are gonna watch this movie,
01:50and they wouldn't have before
01:51because it was a small movie.
01:52It's a low budget movie.
01:52That's right.
01:53I think you're right.
01:54As a distributor, for curiosity's sake alone,
01:56I mean, you remember, Harvey,
01:57when there was a death on the set of The Crow.
01:59People went out and saw that movie.
02:01There's a lot of curiosity that goes along
02:02with film set tragedies,
02:04and I think that's the case here,
02:05even though this was recorded afterwards
02:07and she was behind the camera.
02:08And it was really smart, I think,
02:09to do this at a cinematography festival
02:13because then it's squarely honoring Helena,
02:16and it's easy to stand up, to applaud, to cheer.
02:20I'm sure they're gonna do In Memory of Helena Hutchins
02:23at the end of the movie.
02:25So this was actually a very smart PR move.
02:27My name is Dr. Domenico, and I'm from New Jersey.
02:29And from a trauma point of view,
02:31I agree that it's going to be really curious
02:34to see how this unfolds with Alec Baldwin
02:37and that decision that was made for him not to attend this.
02:40It makes sense, given that it seems
02:43I could interpret that behavior
02:44as a decision made out of respect
02:46to the loved ones, obviously,
02:48to not continue to relive this ongoing nightmare.
02:54When we talk about grief and loss,
02:55we talk so much about pain management,
02:57that the pain of losing somebody never goes away,
03:00but managing those symptoms,
03:02managing those emotions that can happen.
03:05With this too, commemorating somebody, commemorating her,
03:09specifically with the movie premiere,
03:11with this panel and a talk back involving that,
03:15that can, I think, provide an opportunity
03:18for everyone involved to help console.
03:20And I think, again, back to Alec Baldwin not going,
03:23that decision seems to be the right one
03:25in terms of pain management and the best kind of option,
03:28given the situation and the tragedy.
03:30Yeah, no, that all makes sense.