Dark Side of the Moon
CBC The Passionate Eye production explores whether the trip to the
moon was real, or a Stanley Kubrick production.
http://thewebfairy.com/911/popcorn/darkside.htm
25 megs streaming flash movie.
45 minutes long.
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_161103.html
How could the flag flutter when there's no wind on the moon? During
an interview with Stanley Kubrick's widow an extraordinary story
came to light. She claims Kubrick and other Hollywood producers were
recruited to help the U.S. win the high stakes race to the moon.
In order to finance the space program through public funds, the U.S.
government needed huge popular support, and that meant they couldn't
afford any expensive public relations failures.
Fearing that no live pictures could be transmitted from the first
moon landing, President Nixon enlisted the creative efforts of
Kubrick, whose 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968) had provided much
inspiration, to ensure promotional opportunities wouldn't be missed.
In return, Kubrick got a special NASA lens to help him shoot Barry
Lyndon (1975).
A subtle blend of facts, fiction and hypothesis around the first
landing on the moon, Dark Side Of The Moon illustrates how the truth
can be twisted by the manipulation of images.