posted on Sep, 14 2022 @ 05:08 PM
Kubrick’s reluctance to fly, or even stray far from his estate in St Albans was indeed odd. If the most obvious reason is usually the real one, then
he must’ve of feared assassination.
If so, then perhaps for his fake moonlanding comments regarding having shot the thing himself? It’s as good a reason as any. Then there’s the
weird moon easter eggs in The Shining (room 237).
His inexplicable reluctance to fly could simply have been common or garden Aerophobia. Or it could well have been that Kubrick may have considered
himself at risk from something powerful and ruthless enough to perhaps blow up a passenger plane in order to remove him.
However, if true it would only prove that he believed this - not that it was fact. Perhaps paranoia, or another schism manifested over the
years to create such a fantasy; he was a storyteller after all, ‘fantasist’ is a job requirement. Then again, this is Stanley Kubrick, maker of
perfect masterpieces - the leonardo de Vinci of cinema… consine his beliefs to the looney bin at your peril.
Imo there was motive to fake it - a race to reach the Moon. I think it’s highly likely there was a plan B set up in a remote hanger. In case of a
set back that made it looked like the Russians may get there first, they’d have this rabbit to pull out of the hat; launch the rocket for folk to
see, then hit play on VT. If I were running things at that time it’s would’ve i would’ve done - always have a plan B.
So, was there a set back and kubrick’s mock up was used?
Or did they film a fake version that was never used because they actually made it to the moon as advertised. But by being a part of this - being a
loose end - was enough to cause Kubrick to be looking over his shoulder the rest of his life?
Or perhaps they made it to the moon, but couldn’t resist embellishing the poor camera work on the moon with some of kubrick’s masterfully crafted
shots!
And of course there’s the possibility that perhaps Kubrick’s mock up of the first landing was used to pip the Russians in the PR war, but
thereafter they managed to reach the Moon for real, hence the vieweable evidence of landings; it was a stop gap caused by the tight timeframe.
i guess there’s more possibilities here than simply it’s all real / it’s all fake.