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“I lost my love to a Moon Doll” croons the theme tune to Doris Wishman’s 1961 sci-fi sexploitation opus ‘Nude on The Moon’, neatly providing a one-line synopsis of what passes for the movie’s plot.
Before setting off for the moon Jeff and the Professor relax by driving around Miami and, in a moment of post-modern self-reflexivity (yes, I did indeed just say ‘post-modern self-reflexivity’ in a review of a film called ‘Nude on The Moon’) the pair pass a movie theatre that is showing Doris Wishman’s earlier nudie cutie . The Professor confesses that he went to see the movie already and enthuses that it was “well worth it”.
After the fastest countdown you ever heard the astronauts take off into space pulling half-hearted, comedy G-force faces as they exit the atmosphere. The trip proceeds without episode however the space cadets become inexplicably drowsy as their ship approaches the moon and they both fall asleep at the controls. I guess the movie has been pretty boring so far – 25 minutes in and no-one got nude yet. However audience and astronauts are soon jolted awake when the spacecraft touches down on the surface of la luna.
Nude on the Moon – 1961
A rich rocket scientist organises an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women… Stars: Marietta, William Mayer, Lester Brown Quality: 8.5/10 Dir: Doris Wishman Genre: Cult US Sci-Fi, Comedy
