Antonio Margheriti is the Italian genre director most often
forgotten or overlooked by fans of Euro-Cult cinema. It's not that his films
are ignored but more that he is rarely looked upon as a filmmaker with a body
of work worthy of serious attention. Starting with this episode John Hudson and
I will be conducting a tour of some of the more interesting of his over thirty
year career in the director's chair. As I state (repeatedly) in the show,
Margheriti made films in nearly every genre possible and often crafted some of
the best examples of each type. Usually hidden behind his pseudonym Anthony M.
Dawson, he was responsible for more than just YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE!
This film has been
known by many titles but we're going to use the one attached to the current
Region 1 DVD - WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS. I do, from time to time, refer to it as
PLANET ON THE PROWL because that is just such a cool name but considering the
various very similar titles given this and Margheriti's other science fiction
tales I hope I can be forgiven. If you've never heard of the Gamma One films
before hopefully this episode will give you some understanding of the group of
four movies and possible spur you to check them out.
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