The Discussion
Lets move past the question wether or not Kubrick did it. For the sake of arguing, lets assume that Kubrick DID actually film the moon landing under government approval.
Now let's ask the next question. How do we know it was Kubrick? Other than what weve already established, did he leave any hints? Yes as a matter of fact, he did. The Shining was a novel written by Stephen King in 1977 but Kubrick then turned it into a film in 1980. The film has some very distinct changes from the original book, which adds to reasoning, but the overall plot of the story is about a man named of Jack Torrance who takes a job as the off-season caretaker at the Overlook Hotel and brings his whole family with him. A snowstorm traps them in the hotel and due to supernatural spirits influencing him, Jack tries to murder his family. Kubrick’s subtle changes to minor details of the book and the way some scenes are shot in the movie are the hints that Kubrick left to admit he filmed the moon landing. In comparison to the novel, the changes that Kubrick made to the movie, The Shining, are nowhere near subtle. The first major change seen in the movie is the change of Jack Torrance’s car. In the novel by Stephen King it was a red Volkswagen Beetle but in Kubrick’s movie the car was yellow. This change may seem like it is insignificant but at the near end of the movie Dick Hallorann, the hotel chef, was driving up to the hotel in the severe snow storm. On the highway Hollorann passed a wreck where a semi crashed and crushed a red Volkswagen Beetle. This is the message that Kubrick sent to King, through the movie, saying this was his movie and he was going to do with it what he wanted, which was to admit he faked the moon landing. To show what it was like to make a deal with the U.S. government, Kubrick alters one of the first scenes in the novel where Jack is making his deal to watch over the Overlook Hotel. The interviewer for the job, wearing a red white and blue suit, is sitting in a room with a large picture of a bald eagle and American flag on his desk. The interviewer represents the U.S. government, and Jack represents Kubrick. more to follow.
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Michael
12/15/2016 04:22:12 am
I do not see how changes to a movie and scenes being shot a certain way would mean that Kubrick filmed the moon landing. Let just say that it was fake and it was filmed, how do you know it wasn't filmed by a person who idolized Kubrick and copied similar techniques he used.
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