002 Operazione Luna
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
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| Music by | Coriolano Gori[1] |
| Cinematography | Tino Santoni[1] |
| Edited by | Pedro del Rey[1] |
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002 operazione Luna is a 1965 comedy and science fiction film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Mónica Randall and Linda Sini.[2]
Plot
When a Soviet space craft is lost in space with two cosmonauts on board, the KGB authorities abduct two petty criminals.
Cast
- Franco Franchi as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
- Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio / Major Borovin
- Mónica Randall as Mishca Paradowsky
- Linda Sini as Leonidova
- María Silva
- Elena Sedlak (credited as Hélène Sedlak)
- Emilio Rodríguez
- Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Russian Agent
- Chiro Bermejo
- Ignazio Leone as Sergio
- Franco Morici
- Enzo Andronico as Ivan
- Piero Morgia as soviet lieutenant
- Lino Banfi as Policeman (credited as Pasquale Zangaria)
Production
Director Lucio Fulci stated that both 002 operazione luna and The Two Parachutists had more restrictions put on him than usual.[1] Fulci explained that both films were shot in seven weeks.[1] Despite the title, the film is not a spy spoof and there are few scenes set in outer space.[3] Along with Warriors of the Year 2072, this film was among the two films that had Fulci attempt a science fiction themed production.[3]
Fulci has proclaimed that to film the scene where a space ship takes off in the film, he used four lights, a black cloth over a stage with a lot of little bulks on the floor for stars that was shot in slow motion.[1][3] Fulci referred to this scene as "a source of pride for me!".[1][3] Howarth, a Fulci biographer commented that Fulci's memory must have wrong, as the scene in the film is accomplished through stock footage.[3]
Footnotes
References
- Howarth, Troy (2014). Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films. Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. ISBN 1936168537.