This is the kind of movie I'd love to see remade - clean up the messy all-over-the-place script, fix a few of those cringey moments where the immortals finger-wave people into aging. Most of the science fiction that gives the genre a bad name is adventure stories in space clothes. $9.99. I took me three tries to get all the way through the entire film though. The needlessness of procreation has rendered the men impotent and meditation has replaced sleep. Is it worth the additional (high) cost? title(#104) in the list for years but put it off because I didn't want to watch a Zardoz sequel for some insane reason. "[26], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four and called it a "genuinely quirky movie, a trip into a future that seems ruled by perpetually stoned set decorators… The movie is an exercise in self-indulgence (if often an interesting one) by Boorman, who more or less had carte blanche to do a personal project after his immensely successful Deliverance. I mean, if the idea is that Eli has a book that can manipulate people, it absolutely has to be Wizard of Oz, which is about a guy who manipulates people with Oz-worship from behind a curtain. Could it be because of the choir singing Beethovens 7th Symphony, large talking stone heads, psychotic men wearing nappies shooting everything in sight, I don't know, but I love this totally bonkers movie, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2020. And this makes absolutely no sense. Aside from the stilted cliched 70s acting, the sets, costumes and screenplay can only be viewed through a time telescope to make sense. But here's where Book of Eli starts to diverge from Zardoz. As stated by British conductor Sir Anthony Lewis in 1976 "David Munrow did not just emerge into the field of medieval and renaissance music......he exploded into it. Los Angeles Times 18 May 1973: h16. 3.6 out of 5 stars 3,226. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. A true original. [34][35], Recently the Chicago Reader called it "John Boorman's most underrated film—an impossibly ambitious and pretentious but also highly inventive, provocative, and visually striking SF adventure with metaphysical trimmings. Zardoz is a 1974 Irish-American science fantasy film, and later a book, written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling, and featuring Sara Kestelman. Boorman instructed Munrow to use a variety of medieval instruments including notch flutes, medieval bells and gemshorns. He established a standard that can now never be ignored, and the stimulating shock-waves from his explosion will carry far into the future..." [19], Along with David Munrow's medieval ensemble, the Zardoz soundtrack features Beethoven's "Symphony No.7" in A, 2nd movement, played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Conducted by Eugen Jochum.[20]. Unable to add item to List. Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015, So in this 1970's movie we get to watch Sean Connery running around in red diapers and knee boots, lots of topless women, and people chanting "the penis is evil, guns are good. Just to make for a surprise reveal of what we already knew (e.g. Warners didn’t want to do it, even though I’d made a shitload of money for them." "[9], In April 1973 Boorman announced the film would star Burt Reynolds and Charlotte Rampling. IrelandUnited States[1] Bandidas by 20th Century Fox 4.6 out of 5 stars 13. The most extreme offenders are condemned to permanent old age and the status of "Renegades". Of course, you could probably say as much about Logan's Run. Sight and Sound; London Vol. Box office Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2017. Zed escapes and, aided by May and Friend, absorbs all the Eternals' knowledge, including that of the Vortex's origin, to destroy the Tabernacle. Please try again. So far, so good. "[27] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave it one star out of four and called it "a message movie all right, and the message is that social commentary in the cinema is best restrained inside of a carefully-crafted story, not trumpeted with character labels, special effects, and a dose of despair that celebrates the director's humanity while chastising the profligacy of the audience. "[33], Decades later, Channel 4 called it "Boorman's finest film" and a "wonderfully eccentric and visually exciting sci-fi quest" that "deserves reappraisal". Distributed by 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,215. The p*nis shoots seeds, Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2019. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Lighthouse, The [Blu-ray] Willem Dafoe. Template:About Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Zardoz is a 1974 Irish-American science fiction fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling, and featuring Sara Kestelman. With Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2017. Read the transcript • Trailer transcripts • Credits • Home media • Soundtrack • Production • Trivia • Gallery, Zardoz is a 1974 Irish-American science fiction fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling, and featuring Sara Kestelman. In a future post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2293, the human population is divided into the immortal "Eternals" and mortal "Brutals". The Hughes Brothers obviously decided to borrow liberally from the apocalyptic landscape of Zardoz for Book of Eli, though of course they relocated the story to near-future America from far-future England. Given their limitless lifespan, the Eternals have grown bored and corrupt. Genetic analysis reveals he is the ultimate result of long-running eugenics experiments devised by Arthur Frayn — who is Zardoz — who controlled the outlands with the Exterminators, thus coercing the Brutals to supply the Vortices with grain. Others fall into catatonia, forming the social stratum the Eternals have named the "Apathetics." It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. There's a problem loading this menu right now. This transformation from bright red underwear and bondage halter to dour cargo jacket is a clear sign that this reboot of Zardoz has been drained of its masculine intensity. But any Eternals who somehow manage to die, usually through some fatal accident, are almost immediately reborn into another healthy, synthetically reproduced body that is identical to the one they just lost. https://culture.fandom.com/wiki/Zardoz?oldid=3204, The seventh episode, "Raising Gazorpazorp," from Season 1 of the, In the TV Series Community there is a reference to Zardoz when the character Starburns is wearing the same outfit as Zed in Season 5 episode 8. Led by Consuella, the Eternals decide to kill Zed and to age Friend. Zed escapes and, aided by May and Friend, absorbs all the Eternals' knowledge, including that of the Vortex's origin, to destroy the Tabernacle. Zed is less brutal and far more intelligent than the Eternals think he is. "[8], Boorman says "Nobody wanted to do it. $1.8 million (US and Canada)[3]
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