Underplayed Gems

Dark Side of the Moon (2002)

Dark Side of the Moon poster
Original title
Opération Lune
Directed by
William Karel
Genre
mockumentary
Country
France
Runtime
52 min
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This mockumentary pretends the Apollo 11 Moon landing was staged by the CIA and Stanley Kubrick. It uses fake interviews and archival footage to present this conspiracy theory as fact.

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What happens

Dark Side of the Moon is a French mockumentary by director William Karel. It originally aired on the Franco-German television network Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The mockumentary's basic premise is that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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