Zardoz Movie Review

Starring: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling

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By late in the 23rd century, humankind has divided into the hardly civilized "Brutals" and the overly effete and mind-centered "Immortals." The Brutals worship a flying god-head called Zardoz, which gives them instructions and weapons, but the Immortals have been stricken by a disease that saps all motivation and fills them with a terrible lassitude. Zed (Connery, fresh from all his early Bond films), a brawny Exterminator-class Brutal, discovers a library and is taught to read by a mysterious stranger. When Zed learns something odd about Zardoz (from wiZARDofOZ), he sets out to discover the secrets of his god and the Immortals. John Boorman wrote and directed this film in 1974, right after "Deliverance"; though conceptually intriguing, it suffers from poor acting, a tiny budget that forced laughable sets and costumes, and location shooting trapped in County Wicklow, Ireland within 10 miles of Boorman's home. There is also considerable (topless female) nudity. An odd, post-Sixties relic.
David Loftus, Resident Scholar

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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Repressive Society Yes
Repression: - controls your mind
Who's being repressed/enslaved? - humans are slaves

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Body type - muscular (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - Bulging muscles

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - very skinny (female)
Unclothed? - buttocks and chest
How much in movie? - 60%

Main Adversary
Identity: - a fight for survival

Setting
Earth setting: - medium future 22-24th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Mountains? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Subtitles? - No
Any profanity? - None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical

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