nelson@avsdS.UUCP (01/17/84)
I just watched "Zardoz" for the second time in 6 years last night. Sean Connery in the future as Zed the Exterminator. He, the savage, gets loose inside the Vortex (seen this Lauren?), a paradise and trap where science and psychic studies flourish during the dark ages. Zed is their savior and destroyer. This movie has great tackiness and camp potential, but really comes off as a good, though obvious, film. The science fiction in it is good, the plot good and sometimes puzzling, the acting not bad (considering). It is full of messages and allegories, some that hit you over the head and some that require a bit (a few bits?) of thought. I first saw this 6 years ago with "Solaris", a long, tedious, yet fascinating film (which I've come to expect from Russia). What a combo! Glenn at Ampex
david@intelca.UUCP (David DiGiacomo) (01/20/84)
You forgot to mention that Charlotte Rampling co-stars. My ideal double
feature would be "Zardoz" and "The Night Porter".
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David DiGiacomo, Intel, Santa Clara, CA
{pur-ee,hplabs,ucbvax!amd70,ogcvax!omsvax}!intelca!david@RUTGERS.ARPA,@USC-ECL.ARPA:BURHANS@ECLD (02/18/85)
From: Jackie <Burhans%ECLD@ECLA> Yes, I do remeber ZARDOZ and that was definitely Sean Connery. I was rather surprised that he was doing this sort of movie but he IS very attractive in it and, paired with Charlotte Rampling, the chemistry is very hot. Now, who remembers what this is about? Band of women capture Sean, experiment to find out what turns him on only to find out that what he likes best is Charlotte, much to her dismay. And then...what?...I remember a party scene with a group of old (and senile? but dignified?) people. That's all I remember, but I did enjoy the movie. Jackie -------
ross@dsd.UUCP (Evan Ross) (02/20/85)
I saw this film about a year ago. It was about a group of sixties throwbacks who lived within a shielded area in the midst of post-devastation earth. It seems that they were immortal but wanted to die. Therefore they allowed Sean Connery to enter their world, which he eventually destroys. The entire film was quite dated by its use of late sixties-style costuming and sets. -- Evan Ross decwrl!amd!fortune!dsd!ross "To oppose something is to maintain it. To oppose vulgarity is inevitably to be vulgar."