The new Hulu documentary, Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, which began streaming today, take an in-depth look at the set of Rust. The 2024 independent western— which has still not found U.S. distribution—will forever be remembered as the movie where a prop gun held by star Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, and killed 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Through interviews with the crew and behind-the-scenes footage from set, Last Take is a morbidly fascinating attempt to understand how something that never should have happened, happened.
Directed by Hutchins friend and colleague Rachel Mason, Last Take walks viewers through the lead-up to the shooting, and paints a picture of a rushed, chaotic set. That’s hardly unusual for a small, low-budget, independent film. But, as has been widely reported, the atmosphere on Rust was tense enough that half a dozen camera crew workers walked off the set, in
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