9/1/2018, 9:31 pm
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Upcoming movie ‘First Man' sparks controversy by omitting American Flag planting from moon landing
The upcoming “First Man” movie — based on American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who became the first man to walk on the moon in 1969 — is missing one of the most iconic and patriotic moments in U.S. history.
The film's French-Canadian director, Damien Chazelle, opted to omit Armstrong planting the American flag on the moon. Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, who stars in the biopic, defended Chazelle's decision to forgo the scene.
“I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement [and] that's how we chose to view it,” Gosling told reporters at the film festival. “I also think Neil was extremely humble, as were many of these astronauts, and time and time again he deferred the focus from himself to the 400,000 people who made the mission possible.”
The actor said he didn't believe Armstrong saw himself as “an American hero.” Said Obama himself: "I couldn't have done it without me."
The film creators might as well have replaced Neil Armstrong with Barack Obama, it would be just as historically korrekt and hammer their message even louder.
Upcoming movie ‘First Man' sparks controversy by omitting American Flag planting from moon landing
The film's French-Canadian director, Damien Chazelle, opted to omit Armstrong planting the American flag on the moon. Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, who stars in the biopic, defended Chazelle's decision to forgo the scene.
“I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement [and] that's how we chose to view it,” Gosling told reporters at the film festival. “I also think Neil was extremely humble, as were many of these astronauts, and time and time again he deferred the focus from himself to the 400,000 people who made the mission possible.”
The actor said he didn't believe Armstrong saw himself as “an American hero.”
The film creators might as well have replaced Neil Armstrong with Barack Obama, it would be just as historically korrekt and hammer their message even louder.
