How 'Star City' Reimagined the Space Race With Soviets as the Stars
The Apple TV spinoff uses Lithuanian brutalist sites and archival-inspired cinematography to depict Soviet moon landings, a female cosmonaut and a secret Venus mission.
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How 'Star City' Reimagined the Space Race With Soviets as the Stars
How do you capture the mood of the 1960s space race in a fictional universe where the Soviets beat the Americans to the moon? The production team for Apple TV's "Star City" series rose to the challenge.
The series ‘Star City’ presents a new perspective on the space race, focusing on the Soviet narrative. With the conclusion of its first season, the production explores what the world would be like if the Soviet Union had been the first to land on the Moon, challenging the traditional view of history. Production and setting of the series: The setting of ‘Star City’ was carefully crafted to reflect the closed society of the Soviet Union in the 196…
How ‘Star City’ reimagined the Soviet space effort
How do you capture the mood of the 1960s space race in a fictional universe where the Soviets beat the Americans to the moon? The American side of the story was told in “For All Mankind,” an Apple TV series that concluded its fifth season in May. Now a spinoff series called “Star City,” which tells the Soviet side of the story, is set to wrap up its critically acclaimed first season. Reimagining the Soviet space effort — and the Star City cosmon…
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