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Artist Maud Lewis and president Richard Nixon: A Fascinating Story from the Film Maudie

9 дн. назад

The 2016 film Maudie, which tells the biographical story of the remarkable Canadian artist, naturally takes a number of creative liberties. Films like this are never shot exactly as events unfolded in real life - otherwise the story would be dull to watch.

However, I was intrigued to learn that Richard Nixon actually bought paintings from Maud Lewis. The film highlights this fact twice. First, Maud Lewis (played by Sally Hawkins) says she received a letter from Vice President Nixon:

- Got a letter today. From... Vice President Nixon.
- What did he want?
- A painting.
- A painting?
- Mm-hmm. Unless he sends money for a painting I won't send him any.

Next in the film, journalists film a news report near Maud Lewis's house. And the reporter says:

- Maud Lewis has been an artist most of her life. Her paintings have even been sold to Vice President Nixon.

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An argument against moon landing conspiracy theorists

dp70

недавно

I have a friend who believes in the moon landing conspiracy - you know, one of those people who think the Americans never actually went to the Moon.

He's convinced the whole thing was staged, masterfully filmed by movie directors. Arguing with him is almost pointless - he says every photo is fake. The fact that even Soviet scientists never questioned the authenticity of the American Moon landing doesn't matter to him.

But there's one argument that made him stop and think. No, I didn't manage to change his mind, but at least I got him to shut up for a while - confused him, so to speak.

The argument went like this: "So what, they faked all their Moon landings?"
Funny thing is, he didn't even know that the Americans went to the Moon not once, but several times.

Here's the list of all Moon missions:
Apollo 11 - July 16, 1969
Apollo 12 - November 14, 1969
Apollo 14 - January 31, 1971
Apollo 15 - July 26, 1971
Apollo 16 - April 16, 1972
Apollo 17 - December 7, 1972

So according to the "logic" of Moon landing deniers, the Americans didn't fake it just once - they supposedly faked it six times, along with all the photos, videos, and even the Moon rocks they brought back.

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space exploration

USA

Die Freiheitsstatue aus dem Film In 80 Tagen um die Welt

connected2u

недавно

Im Film In 80 Tagen um die Welt (2004) gibt es eine interessante Szene, in der ein Kampf in der Nähe der halbfertigen Freiheitsstatue stattfindet. Die Hauptfiguren flüchten in ein Lagerhaus in den Docks, wo sie anschließend gegen eine Gruppe chinesischer Gangster kämpfen.