Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon
| 16 October 2002 (USA)
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A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.

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uffesteenberg

Remember seeing this on TV a few years back. Look, I study history and believe myself to be skeptical and not easy to fool, but this "documentary" had me fooled big time. OK, I mean, we all want to believe the conspiracy theories a little bit, don't we? :-) What fooled was that they got Kissinger and all the big shots to take part in the production. But i really hate myself for being fooled.. if it was all true, wouldn't we have read about it in the papers and seen it on the news before the programme aired??Anyway, this would be excellent to show younger students and people who just buy into any conspiracy theories.I will definitely be trying to get it somehow. Please mention similar productions if you know any :-)-Uffe Steenberg (Denmark)

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soholm

A splendid, intelligent and very funny manipulation of the audience (at least this single piece of audience. ;-] ) I will to mention the plot and just applaud the way the film messes with ones feelings. It reminds me of the excellent Belgian pseudo-documentary "C'est arrivé près de chez vous" (1992) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/ which also made the viewer doubt his or her own judgement.What bothers me about this form is that facts are mixed with fiction so that you are left without a clue about which pieces of information to believe. But I guess that's a major point of the project...By the way, what an impressive list of interview victims (Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Haig, Kubricks widow etc. How did the director get these people to cooperate? Are we talking about a subtle counter-hoax from the White House to cover up the original conspiration and make it impossible to put forward this original conspiration theory in the future? ;-) The conspiration continues ...

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aidanhell

incredibly clever documentary about the ease with which we are manipulated by the media, and how the media is in turn used as a tool of manipulation. really worth seeing and, watch for clues!

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Tonyvdb

As I began to watch this film, I did not know what it was about.The further this documentary proceeded however, the further my mouth fell open ! During this documentary, I kept thinking :"Why didn't I know about this? Why hadn't I, a big Kubrick and space-fan, never heard of this before?". I watched it almost the same way I would watch the landing of a flying saucer.I will not reveal any "plot"-details, but this one thing I can tell : before you watch : try not to know what it is about. Let yourself be carried away and watch it until the very end (and do not forget the end titles!) Without any doubt 10 out of 10.

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