I had seen it on TV back in the seventies. Then much later I bought the DVD and I was blown away by the amount of boobs on display. Damn prudes cut out all the good scenes.
It's not a good film, but it's wacky in a 70s hippie-exploitation kind of way. If you start it, you'll get a sense pretty quickly of whether you have the patience or not.
EDIT: my essay was a response to film critics at the time and a re-evaluation of the film from a contemporary context; I didn't defend the film as much as I defended the lofty themes of the film, esp. as I feel we have become more cynical and pessimistic, and the idealism of the film (and of the film's cultural moment, more broadly) was maybe not as much of a bad thing as critics felt it was at the time. Though I did write this essay many years ago, so it's a fuzzy memory at this point.
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Preacher@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 1y
ladicius@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
Is that really a movie still?
FinalRemix@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y
Yes, and it's magnificent.
anytimesoon@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 1y
I just watched this movie based only on this still. No regrets
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 1y
Zardoz was shown for a movie night at my college. It was somehow a factor in a friend of mine getting laid, but I don't remember how that worked.
deadcream@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 1y
He came dressed in red speedos and knee high boots?
Metostopholes@midwest.social · 16 pts · 1y
She wanted to find out if the penis was really evil.
Preacher@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
MeatPilot@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Preacher@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Charlotte Rampling had me under a spell with her eyes, which had a weird otherworldly look.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
And to think just 2 years prior he made Deliverance.
ieure@retro.social · 17 pts · 1y
@Preacher An absolute classic. I actually think it's pretty good, in its own weird way.
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
I saw it again recently, 10 years older than I was the first time I saw it.
I really came away from it feeling like it was a solid film this time.
Rubisco@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 1y
Holy shit, written, produced and directed by Charley Boorman's dad.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
I had seen it on TV back in the seventies. Then much later I bought the DVD and I was blown away by the amount of boobs on display. Damn prudes cut out all the good scenes.
codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
THE GUN IS GOOD!
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y
this clip is literally all I know about the movie lol
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 1y
I wrote an essay about this movie that made my professor want to watch it. I wonder if she ever did ...
figjam@midwest.social · 4 pts · 1y
So, its worth a watch then?
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y
It's not a good film, but it's wacky in a 70s hippie-exploitation kind of way. If you start it, you'll get a sense pretty quickly of whether you have the patience or not.
EDIT: my essay was a response to film critics at the time and a re-evaluation of the film from a contemporary context; I didn't defend the film as much as I defended the lofty themes of the film, esp. as I feel we have become more cynical and pessimistic, and the idealism of the film (and of the film's cultural moment, more broadly) was maybe not as much of a bad thing as critics felt it was at the time. Though I did write this essay many years ago, so it's a fuzzy memory at this point.
figjam@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
Wacky with lots of boobs does feel right up my alley
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
boobs are indeed great 😆
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
It’s so horribly awesome.
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I've never seen or even heard of it, but that logo/font used for the movie name is awesome!
(if there's a proper name for it, please enlighten me)
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Gun good.
Penis bad.
Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
Okay, but the AR computer screens near the beginning with the evolved future-text readout? From fucking 1974?
There was someone on that vfx team took Zardoz to a pinnacle of science fiction among the many b-movie valleys of that wild ride.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
Doze pants doe.