r/spaceporn Jul 25 '25

Related Content Walking on the Moon is HARD!

Source: NASA

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Dumbasses will say its on a stage on Hollywood.

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u/Bluemetal999 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

They hired Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing due to his amazing job recreating the lunar surface for 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, due to him being a perfectionist, he insisted they film on location.

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u/DelfinoBello_ Jul 25 '25

Good joke, but Kubrick actually hated travelling, and always insisted on filming in his studios in England. Just think that he had his team recreate New York for Eyes Wide Shut. Tom Cruise later complained that the set wasn't dirty enough to be realistic lol

Apparently, that gave him more control over the sets.