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Originally Posted by Oriphiel
Is it the same paranoia that makes it easier for people to believe that the government staged various historical events than to go by what has been verified by people they don't trust?
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The Apollo narrative is pretty complex. After 2001 came out NASA contacted Kubrick and arranged a meeting with him. The official story is that NASA wanted some consulting on how to best do the video and still photograph work for the upcoming moon shot.
The theory is that Stanley was actually hired and paid lots of money and given some very high tech equipment (In order to shoot the movie Barry Lyndon Kubrick somehow got a hold of 3 of the lenses that were developed specifically for NASA for the moon landing) in return for helping NASA stage some of the visuals of the moon landing.
He was sworn to secrecy but the theory is that he dropped hints about his involvement throughout The Shining. He also delayed the opening of his final film Eyes Wide Shut to July 16, 1999 - the 30th anniversary to the day of the Apollo 11 launch.
- The hotel they filmed the Shining in didn't have a room 237. Stanley specifically chose that number for the room. The average distance between the earth and the moon is 237,000 miles.
- If you look closely at the pages Jack typed the word All is actually typed as A11 a lot of the time. A11 - Apollo 11.
And then there's this.
There's a bunch more subtle stuff too.