‘Last Man’ an imaginative astronaut biography
‘Last Man’ an imaginative astronaut biography
Today, the only people who know what it’s like to walk on the moon are a handful of old men.
An astronaut on the final moon voyage, Apollo XVII, he is the subject of “Last Man on the Moon,” a documentary that tells his story — a personal story that illuminates an important period of scientific and cultural history.
In presenting Cernan’s saga, director Mark Craig isn’t content to piece together talking heads and archival footage.
[...] Craig uses the visuals to remind us of the remarkable vistas provided by space travel, and the expanded possibilities, the broadening of consciousness, they provided.
The wives went to the same beauty parlors, which probably account for the crazy beehive hairdos, and they saw each other more than they saw their husbands.
The Apollo program had two flights that have gone into legend, Apollo 11, because it landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon’s surface, and Apollo 13, because things went really wrong.
People always try to tell you about their travels, and no one ever wants to listen, but you’ll listen to Cernan.
Mick LaSalle is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.