neil armstrong took his giant leap for mankind that is if he ever really set foot on the moon believe it or not there are still many conspiracy theorists who say the whole thing was a huge hoax and that the moon landing was actually acted out on a secret film set while far fetched as those theories might seen the film industry has taken them seriously enough we're working on the we are cutting down for our. oil that's embarrassing see what this means nasa can do what they can't land man and come back. to cia agents were actually meant to uncover a russian spy it nasa but thanks to a wiretap they discover something much bigger to make you feel good but as they say if you can't make it fake it so the agent suggest faking the moon landing on a film set. and none other than stanley kubrick had demonstrated just the year before how it's done with his film two thousand one space odyssey or did they find

out what we're doing to get cooper it is getting to make sure that your space movie looks like real friends and so we're going to use his face movie to make sure the real space movie works like space the film operation avalanche takes one of the most common conspiracy theories about the lunar landing and turns it into a totally new story funny and wacky but also thrilling ever. with your man. what the hell is that there's no time to explain these they're just a nation was supposed to be mars but the rocket launches without any astronauts on board the one nine hundred seventy s. film capricorn one takes its inspiration from a conspiracy theory that was already making the rounds some eight years after the lunar landings namely that they were all hoaxes and when you know in. new york oversteer you never know in this story the first manned mission to mars. it can't

be carried out due to a technical fault so the astronauts are ordered to pretend it took place so as not to threaten the entire space program the public is lied to but that's not the real scandal when capricorn one makes its reentry into the earth's atmosphere it becomes clear to the crew that they cannot simply reappear in public. use. you. are far more trees here's your red army property they realize that they're on a hit list and run for their lives ruthlessly hunted down. supposedly some fifteen to twenty percent of americans still believe that the us never put a man on the moon conspiracy theorists have even used images from capricorn one to illustrate their claims despite the fact that it is clearly elbert to fiction.

certainly very sinister take on things there melissa holroyd has joined me in the studio thanks for joining me melissa what what do you think of these conspiracy theories and why they even still exist well this conspiracy theory in particular is one of the most enduring conspiracy theories i i suspect it's perhaps because of the space race between the u.s. the u.s. and usa also because of the unpopularity of these trips to the moon and also because of it's just incredible that people have actually landed on the moon now they've made like six trips instead and so that would have been a mental lot of faking wouldn't that strike. from the movie go to another end word namely museums and more specifically the ones on berlin's museum island tell us something about why this island is is so special. i think the island is so special because here you have five world class museums very close together on

a small island in the middle of a city you know it's lovely to be there it's very peaceful in some of people lying on the grass out in combination ticket with a kind of an actual ticket for the museum island started in eighteen thirty with the altis museum the old museum and by eight hundred forty one there were already plans to build a sanctuary of awesome science on the island today there's the altis museum there's the noise museum the new museum there's the nets are now gallery the outside the old national gallery there's the border museum and there's the pergamon museum the pokemon museum is famous for its monumental reconstructions it's been undergoing. some controversial at a very long winded renovations in a race and he has to find it was a very expensive yet one child on the museum in that way yes it lost its main attraction it has the program on out that is been out of sight for the past four

years and will continue to be our façade for the next five years so that's a long time but for people who are very interested in this ancient greek city of perth i'm on is something else they can take a look at namely the pan and me test. the ancient city of pergamon is basically recreated in fine detail in a three thousand square metre space the colossal panorama is the work of artist assisi its public debut was in twenty eleven now as c.c. is presenting an expanded version in what he's dubbed the phenomenon built for the purpose next to berlin's pergamon museum. they're going to get its programme on since i was a child and i've also been very fascinated with it in terms of the architecture and the way this acropolis was billed as a pile was saying it's almost modern architecture also the way they found this location this mountain in terms of urban planning.

in preparation for his new panorama yet it got a c.c. has made six trips to the real park i'm on in turkey today the town of america. there he scrutinized the area from every angle hoping to find more inspiration for his project. he took photos on location for his original panorama but for this new version he staged additional scenes in berlin with some forty characters. among the scenes are stonemasons workshop. a slave market. and a sacrificial altar one of the highlights is the famous program on alter. we were malcolm mattered a lot more this time things that i would normally handle are now part of the exhibition and things from the exhibition are in the panorama of. a species panorama brings the antiquities to life offering

a journey back through time to ancient program on nearly two thousand years ago. is of light is really incredible there really is incredible of the piece takes you through a whole day and a whole on it's lovely so it's really more than just a substitute during the renovations you mentioned five buildings. are on the island is going to be a new addition that's right the james seaman gallery is in its final stages it's going to serve as the main entrance for older galleries and james simmons family made their money through wool through cotton excuse me and he lived in berlin between eight hundred fifty one and nineteen thirty so that that the james lehman gallery has been put together by a big shock attacked david chipperfield and he's played an ongoing role in the the museum on and over the is so we could have a look at that. the newest museum on berlin's museum island its reconstruction completed in two thousand and nine set new standards. david

chipperfield integrated what remained of the original building with modern architecture in a way that had never been seen before. and made a small contribution on the museum and we've been very. honored to be lucky to have been in this special city at a very special time and to be part of. burdens continuous. self description. david chipperfield firm is close to completing work on the james cmon gallery which will give the museum island a new central reception area the british architect has left his mark on berlin and many other spots as well. they have a chipper feel is certainly an architect who's had a long relationship with berlin and i think he quite liked the level of public

debate in this city found in my challenging melissa. what about your personal highlights lewsey and newseum i mean what would be your hot tip for someone as my hot tip somebody who lives in berlin and who's just visiting the museum oland just take a look at the beach museum on it i would suggest that hannah may tell bought. by a personal favorite over the years has been the sculpture collection in the buddha museum when you got that one because i haven't actually been to that one but it on the top of my list thanks to that thanks very much melissa holroyd thanks for joining us and speaking of m. words nick made easy was his full name but he was best known as caravaggio he telling a painter was active from the early fifty nine hundred to his death in sixteen ten and had a profound influence on baroque painting and his main innovation at the time was his. hyper realistic style so realistic in fact that it gave this troop of actors from naples a nifty idea. the entombment of christ. caravaggio's

famous painting as a tablo on stage. and here an actress strikes the pose of mary magdalen in ecstasy. modeled on caravaggio's portrayed from sixty six. these living pictures became popular in the late eighteenth century it's how art was offered to raunchy. at the university in a very question that was not the father once and instead of giving a lecture she had a few students replicate the way kind of worked in his studio she came to realize that this performance had something that spoke to everyone what i meant to keep on as michelangelo mary see the early baroque painter came to be known as caravaggio

the name of the town where his family once lived known for his real ism and chiaroscuro which means stark contrast between light and shadow about joe's approach was revolutionary. he lives and works in naples among other places the city's morbid charm and the people inspired him he invited people he met on the street to serve as models for his paintings now all four hundred years on his works a come to life again at the diocesan museum in naples. them on a tiara and some bold train several times a week. work requires physical strength concentration and teamwork. caravaggio wanted his paintings to be so realistic that observers would feel the best subject suffering. his pictures still have that power today the performers from mahler are creating a memorial to caravaggio and his art. and

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