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« on: December 02, 2022, 10:44:35 PM »

Zardoz (1974) on TCM Underground tonight Dec 3 2am

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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2022, 02:22:28 PM »

When I joined this forum, ZARDOZ was legendary here.  And reviled.  

It's BAD alright; I watched all of it last night.  It just ain't that clever, and it's mostly boring.  Implausible.  Silly.  Kinda cheapo.  THOSE COSTUMES!  It's like an explosion at the Babushka Kitty Kat Klub garage sale.  

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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 04:59:16 PM »

It's an 'art film' to be sure.

It gets ragged on for the line 'the gun is good, the penis is evil.' But between a gun and a penis which is easier to show in media?
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2022, 06:36:33 PM »

It's an 'art film' to be sure...

It's a "fart film" to be sure.   Thumbup
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2022, 08:56:38 PM »

It's an 'art film' to be sure...

It's a "fart film" to be sure.   Thumbup

Eh,I kinda like it a bit. It's definitely weird.
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2022, 09:42:59 PM »

It's an 'art film' to be sure...
It's a "fart film" to be sure.   Thumbup

Eh,I kinda like it a bit. It's definitely weird.

I kinda like it too.  It's definitely tacky.
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2022, 10:03:00 PM »

It's tacky in a very unique and artistic way.
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2022, 10:03:18 PM »

Fascinating movie, especially the ending with Beethoven's 7th. Also, bewildering points about immortality.
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« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2022, 12:42:46 AM »

Fascinating movie, especially the ending with Beethoven's 7th. Also, bewildering points about immortality.


Parts are fascinating but I found it mostly boring... and bewildering especially when Eternals are shot to death painfully, begging for it, running away.   Wtf?  
The ending with the cave gurus meditating birth, aging, skeletons... made the whole damned thing worth sweating thru.  Thanks for pointing out what that wonderful music was!  

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« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2022, 06:36:48 AM »

And Sir Sean Connery in a red thong  Buggedout Buggedout Buggedout
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« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2022, 01:48:23 PM »

The Brits trying to be Jodorowsky?
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2022, 02:41:42 PM »

The Brits trying to be Jodorowsky?
BOORMAN doesn't need to try to be JODOROWSKY
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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2022, 08:54:04 PM »

The point about Jodorowsky reminds me of his dreams for Dune:

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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2022, 09:05:05 AM »

Boorman made ZARDOZ after he couldn't get the rights to "Lord of the Rings." He came back a few years later with an epic fantasy that was actually good: EXCALIBUR.

If you listen to his DVD commentary you'll get the idea that he figured out the film was a mess while he was making it and tried (semi-successfully) to turn it into a campy comedy. Thus, the floating head introduction he added stating the film was "rich in irony and highly satirical..."

https://youtu.be/ezT7P970Bw4

Boorman actually did a masterful job of salvaging a hugely entertaining bad movie out of what he originally intended to be a profound, philosophical piece. He also made another entertaining bad movie, EXORCIST 2. He's so talented that even when he misfires badly he approaches greatness.
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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2022, 08:01:46 AM »

Boorman actually did a masterful job of salvaging a hugely entertaining bad movie out of what he originally intended to be a profound, philosophical piece. He also made another entertaining bad movie, EXORCIST 2. He's so talented that even when he misfires badly he approaches greatness.
That's quite a talent right there. 
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