In a shot taken from above, we see Danny playing in the corridor on a patterned carpet. The scene that begins from this shot is seen by conspiracy theorists as Kubrick’s confession. In the book, there was a single child but it is believed that Kubrick used the twins to signify the failed Gemini mission by NASA. The Shining is based on a book by Stephen King but Kubrick changed a lot of details when he made the movie and one of those elements is the appearance of the dead twins. The dead twins The dead twins apparently signify NASA’s failed Gemini mission. It is also assumed that Overlook Hotel represents America with its long brutal history. This is taken as a nod to the ‘Eagle’ which was the name of lunar landing module that carried Apollo 11. The manager who meets with Jack has an American flag on his table with an eagle looking over them. In the beginning of the film, we are told that Overlook Hotel stands on an Indian burial ground. The Overlook Hotel The Overlook Hotel, where the events of The Shining take place, is seen as the representation of America. In the 2012 documentary Room 237, these clues were deeply examined by Jay Weidner. Since Stanley Kubrick had already shot 2001: A Space Odyssey, it was believed that he was hired by the American government to shoot the ‘fake landing’.īut how does The Shining come in the picture?Ĭonspiracy theorists believe that there are multiple clues in the Jack Nicholson starrer that point to the fact that Kubrick shot the moon landing and this was his way of confessing it. He had read the conspiracy theory sites and decided he wanted to make a spoof based on the idea that the Apollo 11 moon landing was faked.And with The Shining, they believed they got their answers. It was based on an idea by director Adam Stewart, who was a space exploration nut. It was shot in a studio in London in spring 2002. If that isn't sufficient, the site eventually published a disclaimer noting that: Gorsky," a reference to a Neil Armstrong-related joke-cum-urban legend from the mid-1990s. " line (by omitting the word "a" between the words "for" and "man") just as Neil Armstrong did during the real Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969.Ģ) In the closing moments of the clip, the "astronaut" can be heard apologizing to " Mr. (Presumably they didn't all believe the moon landings were faked and instead were questioning whether some "rehearsals" might have been filmed by NASA for whatever reasons, as implied in the site's disclaimer "There is no proof that because this was shot in a studio, the moon landing was necessarily faked.") For them we note that at least two humorous aspects of the clip (inserted intentionally or otherwise) give it away as a post-Apollo fabrication:ġ) The "astronaut" in the clip flubs the "One small step. Many people inquired of us whether the (fictional) backstory given on about the video clip was real. (This cynicism was turned into popular entertainment in the 1978 film Capricorn One.)Ī less elaborate video twist on the moon landing hoax was featured at, where web surfers could view a re-creation (or perhaps we should say "pre-creation") of the first moon landing, purportedly filmed in 1965 the footage is revealed to be studio fakery when a bank of arc lights breaks loose, intruding into the shot sending the film crew swarming onto the set to prepare for another "take." Perhaps because Americans' confidence in their government was at a low ebb due to the nation's controversial military involvement in Vietnam, perhaps because people felt threatened by the rapid onrush of technological progress the space program represented, or perhaps just because some people enjoy the furtive thrill of disseminating the "secret knowledge" encapsulated conspiracy theories, the moon landings have become a locus for cynical disbelief in America's tremendous achievements in space exploration. The fanciful notion that the six Apollo lunar missions launched by the USA between 19 which landed a total of twelve men who walked on the moon were elaborate hoaxes staged in top secret desert locations and movie studios here on Earth has been a familiar aspect of popular culture and conspiracy theory since the first moon landing in 1969:
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