“I don’t understand how you get justice from an accident.” In 2021, the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the film “Rust.” The brand new Hulu documentary “Final Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna,” directed by Rachel Mason, a good friend of Hutchins, isn’t a chronicle of Hutchins’s life, nor a tribute to it. The movie is as a substitute a plodding however cleareyed account of the confusion, blame and scandal round her loss of life.
The documentary begins with a quick overview of the case, highlighting among the crew members who have been concerned. The movie goes on to problem a schematic studying of who’s liable for Hutchins’s loss of life, and even means that sure “Rust” producers have been by no means held accountable for mismanaging the manufacturing.
One compelling part highlights an electronic mail acquired by the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, which scolded her for neglecting her prop duties to concentrate on firearm supervision. The revelations provide new views on a tragedy that was already totally coated within the media.
The movie’s largest letdown lies in its cursory tour of who Hutchins was other than her last hours. Regardless of testimony from Hutchins’s associates that repeatedly references her artistry, Mason hardly ever incorporates clips of Hutchins’s cinematography exterior “Rust.” When the documentary does make time for a montage of her work, it is just for example a degree about the place the weapons onscreen are being aimed.
Final Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
Not rated. Operating time: 1 hour half-hour. Watch on Hulu.
