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.
Boorman wanted to direct a live-action LoTR in the 70s: [link]
Weren't the Beatles considering starring in a live-action
LoTR
before that?
eta:
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.
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 . . . "
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)
I love Zardoz. It is my personal proof that 90 minutes can last much, much longer than they rightfully should.
After seeing the movie, my friend screened us T-Shirts. They have the logo on the front and "The Gun is Good; The Penis is Evil" on the back.
Immediate therapy.
Which, I suppose, could be any movie
not
starring Sean Connery in a diaper and suspenders.
We now return to
Immediate Therapy,
starring Carrot Top
Sorry, I think my brain is broken today....
Sorry, I think my brain is broken today....
Well, now that you've got me imagining Carrot Top in an orange diaper and suspenders, so is mine. Thanks ever so much.
Do the orange diapers match his hair, or clash with it?
