Joel Souza
‘Rust’ Director Regrets Movie, Disses Alec Baldwin’s Reality Show
"Bad decision after bad decision was made," says writer-director Joel Souza.
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‘Rust’ Review: Alec Baldwin Leads a Competent but Uninspired Western Haunted by Death and Scandal
More than four years after a fatal on-set shooting, Joel Souza's feature about a misanthropic fugitive on the run with his grandson lands in theaters and on VOD.
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A Tense ‘Rust’ Doc Screening Reveals the Painful Evolution of a Film About Dead Cinematographer
At an FYC event for Hulu's 'Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna Hutchins,' the director of the indie Western, Joel Souza, told documentary filmmakers, "I hoped it might have a little more Halyna."
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‘Rust’ Receives Warm Reception at Camerimage World Premiere (Without Alec Baldwin in Attendance)
Three years after the indie Western was struck by tragedy, director Joel Souza and new cinematographer Bianca Cline unveiled the film before a packed house at Poland's Camerimage Film Festival.
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Resurrecting ‘Rust’: How Alec Baldwin’s Ill-Fated Flick Got Finished
Three years after the movie was struck by tragedy, its director and new cinematographer explain how they battled through trauma, moral objection and their own mixed emotions to finally complete the indie Western.
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‘Rust’ Director Says He Has “No Relationship” With Alec Baldwin, Is Unsure Whether Justice Was Done
Joel Souza finished filming the movie more than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' death but did not include the scene being worked on when the prop gun went off: "I'm not going back to that."
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Alec Baldwin Describes What Happened on ‘Rust’ Set: “I Let Go of the Hammer and Bang, the Gun Goes Off”
In his first sit-down interview since the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Baldwin spoke to ABC's George Stephanopoulos.
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‘Rust’ Armorer Says She Had No Knowledge of Live Rounds on Set
Attorneys representing Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released a statement from the armorer saying a number of factors made the set "unsafe."
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‘Rust’ Investigation: Sheriff Says Three Guns, 500 Rounds of Ammunition Recovered
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza wounded last week after Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm on the set of the Western.
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‘Rust’ Tragedy: Was an Inexperienced Producing Team to Blame?
With questions swirling around the deadly shooting on the Alec Baldwin indie Western, a closer look behind the scenes reveals that the film was led by a ragtag group of six men who have produced only nine movies combined. "Everything about it screams amateurish."
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Hilaria Baldwin Addresses Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Shooting: “My Heart is With Halyna”
The wife of the actor at the center of the tragic on-set incident that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins posted a statement on Instagram Monday.
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Producer: ‘Rust’ Assistant Director Fired From Previous Film Following Prop Gun Discharge
After the incident on the 2019 set of 'Freedom's Path,' 'Rust' assistant director Dave Halls "was removed from set," says a producer.
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