Probably not. But tell that to this guy.
Jay Weidner at Reality Sandwich compares the cinematic style of Stanley Kubrick’s work to the famous moon landing footage, and says he’s convinced beyond any doubt that Kubrick was enlisted to show up the Russians, NASA stole flying saucer technology from the Nazis, and JFK was assassinated to cover up the whole thing.
The extensive article is interesting, if a little fantastical. And a touch crazy. Does it meet your sniff test?
Here’s an excerpt:
In early 1964 Stanley Kubrick had just finished his black satire Dr. Strangelove and was looking to do a science fiction film. While directing Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick had asked the US Air Force for permission to film one of their B-52 bombers for the movie. The Pentagon turned him down. The movie, Dr. Strangelove, was about a flight squadron that had been ordered to fly to Russia and drop nuclear bombs on that country. The Pentagon read Kubrick’s script and rejected his request to actually film the inside, and outside, of a B-52. The reason for this rejection was that Kubrick’s film was clearly a satire on the military and US nuclear policy. The Pentagon did not want to assist Kubrick in this satirical undertaking.
Undaunted by the rejection, Kubrick used various special effects to create the B-52 in flight. When viewing Dr. Strangelove today, these special effects look quaint and old fashioned, but in 1963 they looked very good. It is possible that someone in NASA saw what Kubrick had done in Dr. Strangelove and, admiring his artfulness, designated Kubrick as the person best qualified to direct the Apollo Moon landing. If he could do that well on a limited budget – what could he do on an unlimited budget?
No one knows how the powers-that-be convinced Kubrick to direct the Apollo landings. Maybe they had compromised Kubrick in some way. The fact that his brother, Raul Kubrick, was the head of the American Communist Party may have been one of the avenues pursued by the government to get Stanley to cooperate. […] In the end, it looks like Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landings in return for two things. The first was a virtually unlimited budget to make his ultimate science fiction film: 2001: A Space Odyssey; and the second was that he would be able to make any film he wanted, with no oversight from anyone, for the rest of his life.
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9 responses so far ↓
1 B // Aug 3, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Clearly and “air-tight” case. Perhaps that explains the author’s logic too.
2 mark // Aug 3, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The article is about as full of holes as I suspect the author’s head is. Still, I don’t know why, but I love reading this stuff. Maybe I’m just hoping to find one great conspiracy theory that I can really get behind. It hasn’t come along yet, though.
3 B // Aug 5, 2009 at 7:04 am
Maybe there aren’t really any conspiracy theories…
Oo… Think about it.
4 Fehr // Aug 12, 2009 at 6:59 am
There are proof of that filming, Rumsfeld, Kissinger have admitted the moon landings were filmed and that that film was to be used in case the Apollo mission failed… it failed, investigate a little before you write anything.
5 robert // Oct 9, 2009 at 2:08 pm
The moon landing is hoax. We have photo technology that could take pictures of the so called landing sites in clarity as if it were your back yard.
No photos have ever been shown to this effect.
You have been lied to once again by your government.
6 maasanova // Oct 12, 2009 at 5:31 pm
This article made a lot of sense, but I haven’t bought into it completely. I have read this author’s other stuff, analyzing “The Shining” abd how it is the story of the Apollo 11. Mindblowing stuff.
7 dr adolf steg // Jan 3, 2010 at 2:20 pm
its looks quite possible that mr kubrick faked the moon landings. he may also have been god or possibly jesus?
8 Mojo // Jan 15, 2010 at 1:28 pm
The claim is absurd. The alleged motive rests on the lack of conventional rocket technology able to get man to the moon in 1969, and the need to cover up US possession of flying saucer technology. I’m no rocket expert, but I question this assumption. Wouldn’t a skeptic like Carl Sagan or the many other science experts have long since joined the moon-landing-hoax bandwagon if this explanation of motive held up? But I don’t believe it does hold up. I think it’s a bunch of poppycock, probably part of a CIA program to create the very useful “conspiracy theorist” meme — which they have cleverly used to try to discredit anyone who catches on to their REAL conspiracies, e.g., JFK’s assassination, and 9/11.
9 dr adolf steg // Jan 15, 2010 at 1:42 pm
the americans never went to the moon as adolf hitler lives there in a highly fortified compound at the moons core, he would have destroyed any attempted landings. he became friendly with visiting aliens during the early 1940’s and they shared with him the secrets of space flight and their superior technology and weapons systems. britain needs a new hitler.
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