![]() Cozzi was about to do a sequel to the film titled Star Riders which would have a $12 million budget from Cannon Films with actors Klaus Kinski, Nancy Kwan and Jack Rabin. ![]() The film was plagued with production problems ranging from food poisoning on the set and a communist worker revolt which led to the films master copy being held for ransom by Italian activists. Cozzi felt he did not have the budget to compete with Star Wars and decided to give the film a "deliberately crazy look". Īfter the success of Star Wars, Cozzi found investors who were willing to fund a larger-scale science fiction film, and began working on a film initially called Empire of the Stars which was later released as Starcrash. Cozzi has since attempted to develop new non-science fiction films including The Locomotive and Freshmen but could not get funding for them. The film is a non-genre film which involves a love story between the failed pianist Richard and the young girl Stella. Cozzi's next film project was Take All of Me which he considered his best film. His next film made was what Cozzi described as an Argento-styled thriller titled The Killer Must Kill Again. ![]() He continued work with Argento on his film The Five Days and began working in television, writing two episodes ("Eyewitness" and "Neighbor") and directing "Neighbor" for the Door into Darkness television series. Cozzi contributed to several films directed by Dario Argento (pictured) through his careerįollowing work on Four Flies, Cozzi moved to Rome where he worked as a journalist. ![]()
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