Posted on 01/13/2022 9:21:37 AM PST by marcusmaximus
The armorer for doomed western 'Rust' - where a cinematographer was shot dead by a live bullet in October - is laying part of the blame on gunman Alec Baldwin for failing to attend a training session.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a lawsuit in a Bernalillo County, New Mexico court on Wednesday that claims Baldwin, 63, ignored a request to attend a 'cross draw' session about a week before the tragedy.
The rookie armorer also faulted assistant director David Halls for failing to follow set protocol when he allegedly handed Baldwin the weapon without first calling on her to inspect it, according to the lawsuit.
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No surprise that a liberal man like Baldwin blames a woman.
Maybe getting close to the question is: Was it a horrible coincidence or did one or more person arrange for it to happen. Then there’s the question of motive.
A few weeks before the rust shooting I was watching an old Edward G Robinson movie. Edward G was pointing a gun and yelling orders. It was a medium shot with pointer and pointee but in frame. He WAS NOT aiming directly at the actress but very slightly off to her left. That flick was shot in the 1930s. Arec broke every movie set gun handling rule in the book. Not newly emplaced rules but hoary old ancient ones.
Also, the video surveillance system on the set wasn’t working on that day.
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Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
My dad was an executive at an insurance company and what always got you in trouble was when they didn’t follow their published policies and procedures. I suspect firearm best practices in the movie industry and whether they were followed will be a major factor.
I actually downloaded and read the protocols they are supposed to use.
She has claimed they would not let her on the set because of COVID. If she’d been smart, at that point, she’d have walked off the job - shutting the production down.
It’ll be interesting. Especially when the insurers get involved to pay claims.
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