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Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies[1][2] ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italian filmmaker.[3] Margheriti worked in many different genres in the Italian film industry, and was known for his sometimes derivative but often stylish and entertaining science fiction, sword and sandal, horror/giallo, Eurospy, Spaghetti Western, Vietnam War and action movies that were released to a wide international audience.[4] He died in 2002.[5]

Antonio Margheriti
Born	(1930-09-19)19 September 1930 Rome, Italy
Died	4 November 2002(2002-11-04) (aged 72) Monterosi, Italy
Other names	Anthony M. Dawson Antony Daisies
Occupation	Film director screenwriter

Early life and career

Antonio Margheriti was born in Rome on 19 September 1930.[1] Margheriti was the son of a railroad engineer and began his film career in 1950 working with Mario Serandrei.[1][2] He then began making short documentaries beginning with Vecchia Roma in 1953.[2] In 1954, Margheriti was credited with special effects in films such as Pino Mercanti's I cinque dell'Adamello and La notte che la terra tremo.[2] By 1955 he was credited in screenplays such as Classe di ferro.[2]

Directing

Margheriti grew up reading science fiction comics, and when he was offered the film Space-Men, he signed on as director.[2] He followed up this film with Battle of the Worlds starring actor Claude Rains,[2] which was in turn followed by The Golden Arrow with Tab Hunter and some more peplum-style films such as The Fall of Rome and Giants of Rome.[2] Other genres tackled in the 1960s included horror—Castle of Blood, The Long Hair of Death and The Virgin of Nuremberg and the Eurospy film: Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca and Operazione Goldman.[2][6][7]

Margheriti then returned to science fiction with his Gamma I series, originally filmed for the Italian television series Fantascienza but afterwards released theatrically.[8] Margheriti followed these films with some westerns, including Take a Hard Ride and And God Said to Cain.[8][9]

In the 1980s, Margheriti created films following the success of Platoon[10] and Raiders of the Lost Ark, such as The Last Hunter and Hunters of the Golden Cobra, which both starred David Warbeck.[8] Warbeck also starred in Tiger Joe, a film overshadowed by tragedy when Margheriti's long time cinematographer, Riccardo Pallottini, died in a plane crash while attempting to get the film's last shot.[8]

He delved into the genre of films inspired by The Wild Geese with Code Name: Wild Geese and Commando Leopard starring Lewis Collins as well as Conan the Barbarian (1982) with Yor, the Hunter from the Future, which was shot in Turkey and was picked up by Columbia Pictures for an American release to 1400 theaters.[11]

Margheriti died on 4 November 2002.[5]

Style

Margheriti's specialty in films was low budget efforts that fell into genres such as action and science fiction.[1] To make films in short amounts of time, Margheriti applied techniques such as shooting with several cameras simultaneously, allowing him to record master shots, close-ups, and more.[2] This often led him to light films very carefully, and allowed him to create several films per year.[2]

Partial filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenwriter	Screen story writer	Other
Space-Men	1960	Yes	Yes				[12][2][13]
Battle of the Worlds	1961	Yes					[14]
The Golden Arrow	1962	Yes					[15]
The Fall of Rome	1963	Yes	Yes				[16]
The Virgin of Nuremberg		Yes	Yes				[16]
Castle of Blood	1964	Yes					[17]
Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules		Yes					[18]
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil		Yes					[19]
Giants of Rome		Yes					[20][21]
The Long Hair of Death		Yes	Yes				[22]
Wild, Wild Planet	1966	Yes					[23][24]
Lightning Bolt		Yes					[25]
The Young, the Evil and the Savage	1968	Yes	Yes				[26][27]
The Unnaturals	1969	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Producer	[28]
And God Said to Cain	1970	Yes	Yes				[29]
Web of the Spider	1971	Yes	Yes				[30]
Treasure Island	1972		Yes				[31][32]
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye	1973	Yes	Yes				[33]
Rudeness	1975		Yes	Yes			[34]
Death Rage	1976	Yes					[35]
Yor, the Hunter from the Future	1983	Yes	Yes				[36]
Code Name: Wild Geese	1984	Yes	Yes				[37][38]
Jungle Raiders	1985	Yes					[39][40]
Presentimento	—	Yes	Yes			[41]
Classe di ferro	—		Yes	Yes			[42]
Gambe d'oro	1958	Yes	Yes			[43]
Promesse di marinaio	—		Yes	Yes			[44]
Roulotte e roulette	—		Yes	Yes			[45]
Solitudine	—		Yes				[46]
Il pelo nel mondo	—	Yes					[47]
War of the Planets	—	Yes					[48]
Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca	—	Yes					[49]
Joe l'implacabile	—	Yes					[50]
Io ti amo	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[51]
Vengeance	—	Yes	Yes				[52]
Mr. Superinvisible	—	Yes					[53]
Finalmente le mille e una notte	—	Yes	Yes				[54]
Novelle galeotte d'amore dal Decamerone	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[55]
Mr. Hercules Against Karate	—	Yes	Yes				[56]
The Stranger and the Gunfighter	—	Yes	Yes				[57]
Manone il ladrone	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[58]
Fantasma en el Oeste	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[59]
Cannibal Apocalypse	—	Yes					[60]
The Last Hunter	—	Yes					[61]
Car Crash	—	Yes					[62]
Hunters of the Golden Cobra	—	Yes					[63]
Tiger Joe	—	Yes					[64]
Tornado: The Last Blood	—	Yes					[65]
The Ark of the Sun God	—	Yes					[66]
Commando Leopard	—	Yes					[67]
The Commander	—	Yes					[68]
it:Alien degli abissi (Alien from the Deep[69])	1989	Yes					[70]
Indio	—	Yes					[71]
Indio 2 - La rivolta	—	Yes					[72]

Legacy

In the documentary on the Image DVD release of his film Cannibal Apocalypse, Margheriti proudly mentioned that it was Quentin Tarantino's favorite among his films. In Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds, Eli Roth's character Donnie Donowitz uses "Antonio Margheriti" as an alias in an undercover operation at the cinema screening of Stolz der Nation.[73][74][75]^{[better source needed]} There is also a reference in Tarantino's film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In said film, Leonardo DiCaprio portrays the fictional actor Rick Dalton, who goes to Italy in 1969 to film Spaghetti Westerns, including one spy thriller directed by Margheriti titled Operazione Dyn-o-mite.[76]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Stefano Bigliardi, "Mr. Superinvisible’s Potion: Science, Scientists and Technology in Antonio Margheriti’s Films," Simulteanea. A Journal of Italian Media and Pop Culture - Rivista di media e cultura popolare in Italia, Vol. 2, N. 1.
• Official website
• Article at Senses of Cinema
• Antonio Margheriti at IMDb
• Thesis on Margheriti

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[ru] Маргерити, Антонио

Антонио Маргерити (итал. Antonio Margheriti; 19 сентября 1930, Рим — 4 ноября 2002, Монтерози) — итальянский кинорежиссёр и сценарист. Известен как режиссёр фантастических фильмов, тем не менее, содержащих в себе элементы множества других жанров. Как отмечали многие критики подобная жанровая характеристика фильмов Маргерити была его своеобразной «торговой маркой». Маргерити всегда хотел быть независимым в творческом кинопроцессе и самостоятельно решать вопросы, начиная от сценария, создания художественных декораций, костюмов и заканчивая режиссурой и необходимыми специальными эффектами. Часто Маргерити отказывался работать над успешными и высокобюджетными картинами ввиду того, что продюсеры сильно ограничивали его творческую свободу. Много снимал на Филиппинах, в том числе создавая видимость съёмок во Вьетнаме, Камбодже, Бразилии, Карибских островах, Лаосе, Южной Америке и даже США, что создало своего рода толчок для других итальянских кинорежиссёров снимать именно на Филиппинах (как сказал однажды Лючио Фульчи, только один Антонио Маргерити был «Императором Филиппин»).[1]

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