Source: Law & Liberty
by Gage Klipper
“After almost five years of on-and-off production and an extensive trial by tabloid, Alec Baldwin’s infamous Western epic Rust finally premiered this month. It’s the story of a tragic death, where a faulty gun kills an innocent bystander, setting off a saga of sin, grief, and atonement as the culprit — the murderer? — plays out his shoddy hand in a high-profile clash with the law. This isn’t just the plot of the film, however, but the real-world tragedy that happened behind the scenes. … Rust stands firmly in the tradition of the great American Western, a genre in which the actions of morally grey antiheroes come together in a firm moral code.” (06/06/25)
https://lawliberty.org/atonement-in-hollywood-and-the-old-west/