Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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I can't believe Beej and I are the only ones who've seen Zardoz. It's a classic! If I were writing a book about great bad movies, "From The Apple to Zardoz" would be its tagline!
The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
In the future, men will wear diapers with suspenders.
Not just diapers, but ORANGE diapers. And, frighteningly, that outfit is the best thing about the movie.
In the future, men will wear diapers with suspenders.
For some reason, all the women will be gay.
Shhh. The Religious Right might hear you and start using pictures from that movie in conversion therapy.
I've seen it, Jessica. Many years ago, and I was . . . . influenced . . . . but I saw it.
Staggeringly bad dialogue and endless acid-trip visuals that evoke more of the pukey feeling than the 'preeehty colors' aspect of tripping.
On the other hand, naked Charlotte Rampling. It doesn't make it worth watching on its own, but as a "do your own MST3K" it's got its amusements.
That, and wondering what the hell John Boorman was smoking back then. I bought the DVD because a) cheap and b) there's a commentary track by Boorman. I was hoping he might have an explanation - no such luck.
I love the commentary. So many scenes where all he can say is "I...have no idea what I was trying to do here. Sorry."
Weren't you describing the DVD commentary of Zardoz at one point, Jess? Where the director, John Boorman, doesn't have a clue what the fuck is going on either?
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I love the commentary. So many scenes where all he can say is "I...have no idea what I was trying to do here. Sorry."
Ah, see I didn't even get that far with it - mostly he was talking about the locations where it was filmed when I gave up. When I'm in the right frame of mind I'll need to give another go. Lord knows it's gotta be better than the dialog.
I was just checking out John Boorman in the IMDB. His next two movies after making Deliverance were Zardoz and The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
That's quite a backslide there.
Oh man, Zardoz... I saw that as part of a double feature with Logan's Run. *shudder* For the longest time I thought it was just me that didn't get what the hell was going on in that movie. Man, was it bad, bad, bad.