The death of Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the film
Rust
, shocks the world of cinema.
Its director, Joel Souza, injured, left the hospital after going to intensive care.
The drama took place in the middle of filming, caused by a shot from Alec Baldwin.
A fortunately extremely rare event, but which questions the safety standards put in place by film productions.
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Christophe Maratier is used to weapons and film sets.
With his armory company
Maratier Roirand
, he equips film sets when necessary, from small French productions to major American films.
He remains stunned by this affair.
“
I don't understand what happened.
The armories only use blank bullets
,
”he
explains.
Before summarizing his work which, according to him, consists precisely in "
preventing the actors of the procedure to be respected, being vigilant and guaranteeing the safety of the actors."
"
A "
completely possible
"
accident
As the gunsmith explains, the main characteristic of a blank bullet is the absence of a warhead. “
A real bullet is made up of four elements: a case, a primer, powder and a bullet. The blank ball only has the first three elements.
"Clearly, it is a shell"
where nothing goes towards the target, and in which we put powder. It is this powder that ignites and creates a fiery effect. In no case is there a projectile that goes off.
"
Regarding the case involving the 63-year-old American actor, Christophe Maratier refuses to put forward a hypothesis in particular. According to him, an accident with a blank bullet remains
"quite possible"
.
"There is a fire effect, which is dangerous and which can be fatal," he
explains.
A pressure is released, a real explosion which creates the flame. Some flames are almost a meter long. "
Another possibility to explain this accident: "
An element of scenery which explodes at that moment, a heavy element which passes in front of the weapon when firing, which will in turn throw something forward and injure or unfortunately kill. someone. There are a lot of situations that can lead to such a drama.
".
In the case of Alec Baldwin, the Santa Fe, New Mexico police, in charge of the investigation, have not yet come up with an explanation.
Alec Baldwin voluntarily presented himself to the authorities.
He was released and no charges were brought against him.