Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Zardoz

Sean Connery   w/d John Boorman

Period (1973) weirdness which at the time might have been seen as hip but today looks just embarrassing.

Set in a dystopian future which reminded me of Wells' warlocks/eloi symbiosis. SC gets to run around in a diaper-like thing essentially showing off his macho side. Of course Boorman threw in a serious dose of psychedelia to get your eyes spinning.

Mostly we got to see British actors behaving foolishly...as they are wont to do... Unexpectedly violent resolution. But then again...he did do Point Blank and Excalibur.

An oddball curiousity piece...with nudity.

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