A Tense ‘Rust’ Doc Screening Reveals the Painful Evolution of a Film About Dead Cinematographer

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

A tense Q&A session on Tuesday night at an FYC screening of a new documentary about late Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins suggests the film underwent substantial changes in tone and content from the filmmakers’ original intent.

Ever since Hutchins died on the 2021 set of the indie Western, the Ukraine-born cinematographer has slipped into the background, as the sprawling investigation into her accidental shooting death and the high-profile trials of Alec Baldwin and armorer