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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
aired Sunday November 16, 2003 at 10PM ET/PT
repeating Sunday July
24, 2005 at 10pm ET/PT
 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.
 With use of 'hijacked' archival footage, false documents, real interviews taken out of context or transformed through voice-over
or dubbing, staged interviews, as well as, interviews with astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and others, Dark Side Of The
Moon navigates the viewer through lies and truth; fact and fiction. This is no ordinary documentary. Its
intent is to inform and entertain the viewer, but also to shake him up - make him aware that one should always view television
with a critical eye.
Dark Side Of The Moon is written and directed by William Karel and co-produced by
Point du Jour Production and ARTE France.
Source:
www.cbc.ca
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