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Fifty-five years ago today, an event occurred that not only became a landmark event in the history of human science and technology, but also expanded the landscape of science fiction films.

At the same time, whether it is true or not is still a topic of discussion among people.

On July 16, 1969, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, with the countdown of "3, 2, 1", the Apollo 11 manned lunar spacecraft was launched.

Four days later, Commander Neil Alden Armstrong manually controlled the lunar module to land on the surface of the moon, marking the first time humans set foot on the lunar surface.

Armstrong left the first human footprint on the moon, and also left behind the famous quote:

That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.

The successful first moon landing was not only a milestone in the development of human science and technology, but also had a profound impact on science fiction films with technological development as the background.

First of all, many documentaries and biopics related to this moon landing mission have become precious film and television materials.

For example, in 2019, director Todd Douglas Miller directed a 93-minute documentary "Apollo 11".

The filming team cooperated with NASA and the National Archives to disclose for the first time many precious audio and video materials of that year, including more than 10,000 hours of dialogue recordings that completely recorded the entire moon landing mission, making it a precious documentary (Douban score 8.8).

But on another level, since the United States has not conducted a manned moon landing since the 1970s, many conspiracy theorists have questioned whether the "moon landing plan" was a performance put on by the United States for audiences around the world during the period of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry.

Only NASA knows the truth.

Back to the movies, in addition to documentaries such as "Apollo: Mission to the Moon", "Shadow of the Moon" and "Armstrong", feature films also restore this significant mission from different perspectives.

For example, in 2018, Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash) collaborated with Ryan Gosling to shoot the biopic "First Man" about the legendary hero Armstrong.

This film tells the story of Armstrong's heroic moments while also telling the family difficulties he encountered during the same period, comparing big and small, country and family, humanity and self.

"First Man" was nominated for dozens of world awards including the Oscars, Venice, and Golden Globe Awards that year, and is worth watching.

There are also many movies that are set against the backdrop of this moon landing mission, telling stories about some minor characters and stories. The genres include comedy, romance, fantasy, and a wide variety of other genres.

"Moon Landing", which was released in North America not long ago, is an entertaining movie with a unique perspective.

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum collaborated to create a fictional situation: an advertising celebrity was commissioned to do PR work for NASA and secretly filmed a fake moon landing video as a backup. The film is a romantic comedy, and the effect of the film will be revealed after the film is released.

In fact, leaving aside a single movie, the impact of the successful first moon landing on the history of world science fiction films is that previous science fiction films had almost no constraints of reality, and the scripts were more imaginative and unrestrained.

But after the successful moon landing mission, human beings' imagination of space and the moon had a realistic basis, so film and television works also began to turn to the pursuit of using technology to restore real space details and present more shocking visual effects.

If you are interested in this major event that happened fifty-five years ago, I recommend watching the highly rated documentary "Apollo 11" mentioned above. I believe it will shock you.

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