Posted on 10/22/2021 12:37:12 PM PDT by Red Badger
Alec Baldwin shot and killed Halyna Hutchins in an apparent misfire of a prop gun. Why Baldwin, a freak about gun control, is in a movie that involves guns is beyond my comprehension. Does he not have enough money?
But this is not about him. This post is about Halyna Hutchins because the victim matters more than the idiot who killed her.
Born in Ukraine when it was a Soviet state 42 years ago, Hutchins grew up in the Arctic and had little to do except watch movies. She was 12 when the Soviet Union collapsed and Ukraine gained independence. She trained as a journalist.
Metro reported, "Hutchins was born in the Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle before attending Kyiv National University.
"After graduating with a degree in international journalism, she worked as an investigative journalist for British documentaries in Eastern Europe.
"However, Hutchins’ true passion lay in filmmaking, and she moved to Los Angeles, where she got work as a production assistant and a grip electrician.
"She also shot her own short films, inspired by cinematographers including Christopher Doyle and Sergey Urusevskiy.
"On the advice of cinematographer Robert Primes, Hutchins enrolled the filmmaking MFA program at the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2013 and graduated two years later."
She was a rising star.
Variety reported, "Hutchins graduated from the American Film Institute in 2015, and had worked on several short films before shooting 'Archenemy,' a 2020 feature starring Joe Manganiello. She was named a rising star by American Cinematographer in 2019."
Michael Pessah, her friend and fellow cinematographer, told Variety, "She’s a wonderful, positive, creative person that was so excited to be breaking through and making movies. She was really on the upswing."
She also was a wife and mother. She left behind husband Matthew, a lawyer, and their 8-year-old son, Andros.
The Daily Mail reported, "Remembered by friends as a 'kind' and 'loving soul', Halyna lived in Venice Beach, California, with husband Matthew and their son Andros, known affectionately as her 'little man' and thought to be around nine years old.
"'Halyna loved him so much and enjoyed watching him grow into the handsome boy he is today,' one friend wrote in a moving Instagram tribute. 'I know she is looking after him and Matt in this horribly scary time.'
"Social media photos capture a playfulness and sense of adventure, with Halloween costume parties, road trips with friends and days out exploring all lit up by Halyna's smile.
"She was also highly regarded by her peers and had been tipped as a 'rising star' by other cinematographers. 'She was somebody who was absolutely dedicated to art and integrity,' director, colleague and friend Adam Mortimer told Good Morning Britain this morning. 'I can tell already she was going to be a genius.'"
Manganiello, who starred in and worked with her on "Archenemy," issued a statement on Instagram.
He said, "I was so lucky to have had Halyna Hutchins as my DP on 'Archenemy.' She was an absolutely incredible talent and a great person. She had such an eye and a visual style, she was the kind of cinematographer that you wanted to see succeed because you wanted to see what she could pull off next. She was a fantastic person. There was no amount of pressure she couldn’t handle. She was a great collaborator and an ally to anyone in front of her camera. Everyone who knew her was rooting for her."
We lost a good person who was just reaching her prime. That saddens me. Hollywood has been working with prop guns for more than a century. This is inexcusable.
Posted by Don Surber at 10/22/2021 12:05:00 PM
Too quick
If, on the other hand, Baldwin was screwing around, that changes the situation dramatically.
What a great poster event for gun control and gun grabbers to use to justify more efforts to restrict our second amendment rights.
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I don’t know. Baldwin was the perfect poster boy in the fight against drunk and domestic violence, as when he assaulted his own daughter. But nothing changed as a result of that.
And I doubt Hollywood and the liberal elite will do anything about this horrible incident either. They will give Baldwin a pass, they will continue to feature movies glorifying gun violence, and of course continue their tirade against conservatives.
When is Baldwin going to be charged?
Why was there ANY live ammo on the set? THAT needs investigating.
The gun was prop. A defective prop. No different than a stage light falling on someone because it wasn't properly secured.
Even a person trained in handling guns, would have probably done the same because the expectations were that it was nonfunctional prop. Of course, someone who has handled firearms before would have questioned the gun and inspected it for themselves.
However, the 2nd amendment had nothing to do with it.
If it is a fully functional firearm, who owns it?
All I can say is something stinks.
I can see a possible pyro mishap with another actor at point blank range, but an off-camera producer? With a REAL BULLET??? That goes All the way through and injures another???
I don’t think so.
It’s enough he killed someone with an errant shot but he also injured another? How does anyone do that???
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that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a church scene with the cinematographer when he drew the gun and said something like ‘is this what you want?’ and then pulled the trigger. Director was standing behind her
Tapes? Hah! You can bet that producer Baldwin had them erased before the cops arrived.
Isn’t it obvious that he is transferring guilt to the prop manager? His excuse, “I’ve never been handed a hot gun”, is the clue he is not accepting responsibility for the deadly act.
Dreadful. RIP. I hope the widower sues that fat, psychotic, Stalinazi imbecile into penury.
“Agreed. And I don’t blame him unless it can be proven that it was intentional.”
You forgot the /s
Charge Baldwin with manslaughter..two questions, who put the live round in the gun and secondly, why was he aiming the gun at the cinematographer of all people..Id understand if he were aiming it at another actor in the film, but the cinematographer makes no sense
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Now don’t be asking those pesky questions.../sarc
“The gun was prop. A defective prop.”
Apparently it was not defective!
“Even a person trained in handling guns, would have probably done the same because the expectations were that it was nonfunctional prop.”
Source for “nonfunctional prop”, please.
The gun did not misfire. It fired perfectly. It was aimed, however, in a direction that killed its apparent intended victim. Why else would the perpetrator (the shooter, not the gun) have aimed a loaded gun at an intended victim and pulled the trigger? The most basic training in the use of guns absolutely prohibits such an action.
Additionally, why would a person who adamantly opposes gun ownership and gun use be handling a gun? Why then would this opponent of gun ownership have pointed the gun at an intended victim and discharged the weapon?
The gun did not aim itself and it did not discharge itself. Alec Baldwin aimed the gun and pulled the trigger. That much is manifestly obvious.
Laundrie's parents could always offer to hide Baldwin in Carlton Reserve...
“Laundrie’s parents could always offer to hide Baldwin in Carlton Reserve...”
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