Watch Brad Pitt in a Chase on the Moon in ‘Ad Astra’ | Anatomy of a Scene

How do you make it look like you’re shooting a scene on the surface of the moon without going to the moon? How about a little help from … the moon? The science-fiction tale “Ad Astra” takes place in a near future where the moon has become, to some degree, the Wild West, with treaties being made to create settlements. This scene has lunar pirates trying to thwart the work of astronauts, including one played by Brad Pitt. In this video, the director James Gray explains his two goals for this sequence. He wa