Alec Baldwin shoots on the set: dead director of photography

The clapperboard starts filming a shooting that ends in the worst possible way: under the blows of a mad gun the director of photography dies and the director is seriously injured. The actor Alec Baldwin,  unaware that the gun was loaded with live bullets , fired on the set of the western film 'Rust' outside Santa Fe, in the United States . Only a few moments separate the fiction from the harsh reality: then the drama that is partially intertwined with the plot. Halyna Hutchins , director of photography on the film Rust, 42, was pronounced dead on arrival at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Joel Souza, the 48-year-old filmmaker, was transported by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and is receiving necessary treatment. He is in "critical condition", hospitalized in intensive care.



The Rust shots were halted indefinitely and could not be closer Baldwin, who presented himself voluntarily to the police for further clarification. This was revealed by the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper which attempted to collect a comment from the 68-year-old, seen in tears outside the sheriff's office. Only a spokesman made statements about the alleged prop pistol, with blanks loaded, which would have "worked badly". The production company defends itself, stating that the weapon used had to be loaded with blanks , and it is therefore particularly strange that it could have killed.  According to the account of the sheriff's spokesman, Juan Rios,  the agents intervened at Bonanza Creek Ranch in response to the 911 call . After collecting the first elements of the crime scene, the investigators proceed with the investigation of the type of bullet. "This investigation remains open and active," said the spokesman, adding that "no charges have been filed in relation to the incident" and that "witnesses continue to be questioned by investigators". In 2019 Baldwin was the producer of Souza's 'Crown Vic', followed by filming of 'Rust' which was supposed to go on until early November. Set in the 1880s in Kansas,, also looking after the younger brother, after the premature death of his parents. The teenager begins an escape with his grandfather, played by Baldwin, after he is sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a ranch owner.


The victim Hutchins was director of photography for the action movie 'Archenemy' 2020: graduated from the American Film Institute in 2015, was named a "rising star" of American Cinematographer in 2019. "I'm so sad to have lost Halyna. And so infuriated that this could have happened on a set, "Archenemy director Adam Egypt Mortimer said on Twitter. And again: "She was a brilliant talent absolutely committed to art and cinema".


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