'First Man' leaves the U.S. flag out of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk and people are pissed

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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap..." into yet another internet blow-up.

First Man, the upcoming Neil Armstrong biopic from La La Land director Damien Chazelle, premiered at Venice Film Festival this week. Critics almost universally adored it, but there's a famous moment missing from the dramatized version of Armstrong's first-ever moonwalk and, as with most things in 2018, the absence has stirred up some controversy around the American flag.

Although the flag left on Earth's moon during the first landing does appear in the movie, you don't actually see the moment it was planted. That omission has riled some of the more sensitive defenders of American space dominance, because patriotism, I suppose. Read more...

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'First Man' leaves the U.S. flag out of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk and people are pissed 'First Man' leaves the U.S. flag out of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk and people are pissed Reviewed by mimisabreena on Sunday, September 02, 2018 Rating: 5

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