The Fallen Astronaut (2020)

The Fallen Astronaut: Directed by Frank Herrebout, Leo van Maaren. With Bruce Gitlin, Danny Lawler, Marleen Meijers, Paul Van Hoeydonck. The Fallen Astronaut depicts the compelling story of one of the most extraordinary achievements of the Space Age, a sculpture on the Moon dedicated to all the astronauts and cosmonauts who died during the Race to the Moon.

“An interesting and honest recount of the true 70s Moon-Art story. Into this u0026quot;Moonstrucku0026quot; affray we a have a wannabee Belgian artist (Paul Van Hoeydonck) making sculptures that resemble props borrowed from a u0026quot;Mad Maxu0026quot; set. desperately wanting his fifteen minutes of fame. Then thereu0026#39;s NASA, driven purely by idealism and a big heap of US tax-dollars. And in the other corners we have the Apollo 15 crew and the World Media. So begins Paul Hoeydoncku0026#39;s attempt, aided by do-gooders to insinuate himself into one of the NASA missions and the consequences thereof. Despite everyone having a personal opinion of Art – from a deep, meaningful communication of oneu0026#39;s soul to an object thatu0026#39;s functional or pretty (or both), to something desirable, even fanciful as not being essential to Life, the deeper one goes into what Art is, the more Art fights back, reflecting todayu0026#39;s battle-ground for the Cultural u0026amp; Moral. I think the film-makers were pretty even-handed in their treatment of this debate, probably taking Hoeydoncku0026#39;s side, at times more than they should. But a very good watch, nonetheless”