The famous director of “Capricorn 1” also joined NASA! ? Space movie history of intrigue

Even Kubrick was involved! ? Apollo program conspiracy theory

In recent years, a number of works have been produced that incorporate Apollo conspiracy theories. The key to this is Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick was also implicated in fabricating images of the moon's surface in the aforementioned ``Operation Lune,'' and the fact that this program became a hot topic around the world also seems to have had an impact.

In `` Moon Walkers '' (16), the US government decides that it is unlikely that NASA will be able to achieve a manned landing on the moon, and decides to commission Kubrick to create a fake video of the lunar surface. dispatch personnel. However, the film is supposed to meet with Kubrick, but he is introduced to a fake story, and the production costs are hijacked, and he ends up asking an underground film director to produce a fake video.The story has a comedic touch.

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`` Operation Avalanche '' (16), which is distributed on Netflix, is about a young CIA employee who infiltrates NASA in pursuit of a Soviet spy, and learns a major secret of the Apollo program, and ends up fabricating images of the moon. It will be interesting to sneak into the studio where ` `2001: A Space Odyssey '' (68) is being filmed and research how they are filming images of the moon. Kubrick also showed up, and with his know-how, they built their own set in the studio and filmed it. The entire story is depicted in the form of leaked recorded footage, and the details are so elaborate that it seems a shame that it has not been released in theaters in Japan.

Finally, a new film is about to be added to the list of movies based on the Apollo program. " First Man ," which will be released in 2019, is told from the perspective of Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, and will reunite Ryan Gosling with Damien Chazelle, director of " La La Land." It's a popular work that I put together. As mentioned above, since footage of the famous Apollo 11 mission still exists, simply depicting the lunar flight using the latest technology would be nothing more than a mere reenactment. Making a movie like this today would require a different strategy than before, but this director and lead duo are able to find and show a new perspective on the Apollo program, which has been shrouded in intrigue. mosquito.

Text: Guinea Pig Yoshida

Born in 1978. Movie critic. Another name is Ichiro Yoshida. He has written for ``Eiga Hiho'', ``Kinema Junpo'', ``Eiga Geijutsu'', ``Scenario'', etc. His books include ``Introduction to film criticism! ” (Yosensha), co-authored with “Film director Takeshi Kitano. ” (Film Art Company) and others

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