Assignment: Outer Space (Space Men, 1960, Antonio Margheriti)

06/10/21 • 61 min

Your next assignment is to travel across the galaxy in search of the greatest scoop of your career. As a journalist with apparently nothing else to do for the next few years, why not accept and join Rod and Adrian as they travel into the farthest reaches of Outer Space?

Officially designated as Italy's first science fiction film, Assignment Outer Space has a lot to offer, but will Rod have changed his mind since his somewhat negative blog review fifteen years ago? Listen and find out...

You can watch Assignment: Outer Space on YouTube if you are playing along at home

You can read Rod's blog on the film here

You can also hear Rod's Battle of the Worlds (1961) episode of The Bloody Pit through his blog or on your podcast provider of choice

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You can watch Assignment: Outer Space on YouTube if you are playing along at home

You can read Rod's blog on the film here

You can also hear Rod's Battle of the Worlds (1961) episode of The Bloody Pit through his blog or on your podcast provider of choice

Feel free to contact us on our email [email protected] or through Twitter or Instagram

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio, 1958, Paolo Heusch/ Mario Bava)

Join your hosts Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett as they blast off on an atomic rocket, with little thought for the potential consequences, to discuss The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio, 1958, Paolo Heusch/ Mario Bava), the first film in the Italiani nello spazio season.

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Next Episode

002 Operazione Luna (002 Operation Moon, 1965, Lucio Fulci)

Join Adrian and Rod as they blast off into space again, this time in the "hilarious" company of Franco and Ciccio in Lucio Fulci's science fiction comedy 002 Operazione Luna (yes, THAT Fulci). During the voyage they discuss Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, what makes things funny, and the true story of the Judica-Cordiglia brothers in Italy, who intercepted radio transmissions from real lost cosmonauts in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

You can find 002 Operazione Luna on YouTube without subtitles, but a subtitled version is out there on more dubious sites if you know where to look.

If you want to learn more about the Judica-Cordiglia brothers, there is a fascinating documentary called Space Hackers (2007) available on YouTube.

Feel free to contact the podcast on our email [email protected] or through Twitter or Instagram and please leave a review wherever you listen.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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