Krstinja: Simon Hunt’s live report

The live report should be another routine assignment. For Simon Hunt, it becomes the moment that changes everything. Shaken by what he has witnessed, the reporter played by Richard Gere loses his composure on camera. His cameraman Duck, played by Terrence Howard, moves ahead in his career, while Hunt loses his job.

The scene comes early in The Hunting Party (2007). It was filmed in Krstinja, in the municipality of Vojnić, with the village standing in for a settlement in Bosnia.

Photographs from the shoot reveal what the film leaves outside the frame: the crew beside the camera, work on the set and preparations in the space behind the reporter. Compare them with the film stills to see how this part of the village became the setting for Hunt’s breakdown.