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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Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:09:43 am PDT #2794 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2005 9:10:49 am PDT #2795 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:21:11 am PDT #2796 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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.
DawnK - May 16, 2005 9:21:17 am PDT #2797 of 10002
giraffe mode
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.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2005 9:25:37 am PDT #2798 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
Oh dear. Talk about an eye-searingly bad double-bill for the fashions alone. Lots and lots of horrifically dressed pretty on display.
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.
And wasn't Excalibur the next one? The man does interesting work, but when he's bad, he's spectacularly bad. Exorcist II is visually amazing, but oh my god is it excruciating in pretty much every other respect.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:27:27 am PDT #2799 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Boorman wanted to direct a live-action LoTR in the 70s: [link]
tommyrot - May 16, 2005 9:40:27 am PDT #2800 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Weren't the Beatles considering starring in a live-action LoTR before that?
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The Fellowship of the Fab Four? According to an interview given by director Peter Jackson to the Wellington, New Zealand "Evening Post", the Beatles wanted to film "The Lord of the Rings." "It was something John Lennon was driving and JRR Tolkien still had the film rights at that stage, but he didn't like the idea of the Beatles doing it, so he killed it," Jackson told the "Evening Post". In the Beatles version, John would have played Gollum, with George Harrison as Gandalf, Paul McCartney as Frodo, and Ringo Starr as Frodo's friend, Sam.
Calli - May 16, 2005 9:58:01 am PDT #2801 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
the Beatles wanted to film "The Lord of the Rings."
Let the filking begin!
"It's been a hard day's night on Weathertop"
"Frodo in the Sky with Eagles"
"Suddenly, I'm not half the Witch-King I used to be . . . "
Jessica - May 16, 2005 10:08:05 am PDT #2802 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think we have footage of the Beatles talking about their proposed LotR in the archives. There may even be a music video.
Backtracking a bit, at the bottom of IMDB's Zardoz page, it says
If you like this title, we also recommend...
Logan's Run (1976)
Betsy HP - May 16, 2005 10:10:00 am PDT #2803 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If you like this title, we also recommend...
Immediate therapy.