My favorite and most believable version is the Operation Avalanche take, that the contractor for life support skimped and it wouldn't have survived the landing. So they had Kubrick or someone who knew Kubrick's come in and shoot a backup reel that the astronauts would broadcast in the event that they couldn't land.
I like that one because it's a very believable capitalist solution to a capitalist problem.
I found this video that says Kubrick shooting film would be impossible because a successful film would be impossible to fake. No idea if it's true, but it's an interesting watch, and the presenter seems to know a lot more about the topic than I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loUDS4c3Cs /shrug
My favorite and most believable version is the Operation Avalanche take, that the contractor for life support skimped and it wouldn't have survived the landing. So they had Kubrick or someone who knew Kubrick's come in and shoot a backup reel that the astronauts would broadcast in the event that they couldn't land.
I like that one because it's a very believable capitalist solution to a capitalist problem.
I found this video that says Kubrick shooting film would be impossible because a successful film would be impossible to fake. No idea if it's true, but it's an interesting watch, and the presenter seems to know a lot more about the topic than I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loUDS4c3Cs /shrug