Zardoz (1974)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.6/10   

Director:

John Boorman

Guionista:

John Boorman (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 febrero 1974 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

Beyond 1984, Beyond 2001, Beyond Love, Beyond Death

Plot:

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

Plot Keywords:

Immortal | Future | Head | God | Library

Premios:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Brilliant

Reparto

Sean Connery	...	Zed
Charlotte Rampling	...	Consuella
Sara Kestelman	...	May
John Alderton	...	Friend
Sally Anne Newton	...	Avalow
Niall Buggy	...	Arthur Frayn / Zardoz
Bosco Hogan	...	George Saden
Jessica Swift	...	Apathetic
Bairbre Dowling	...	Star
Christopher Casson	...	Old Scientist
Reginald Jarman	...	Death (voice)

También conocida como:

Zardoz (Spain) [es]

Duración:

105 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo

Clasificación:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:18 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Compañía:

John Boorman Productions

Trivialidades:

To help keep the movie cost down, Sean Connery used his own car and drove himself during the production. John Boorman then gave him half the money that had been budgeted to hire him a car and driver. The idea was Connery's, according to Boorman.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: Early in the film, when the weapons are spewed out of the floating head's mouth, a crewmember's arm can be seen throwing them.

Citas:

[first lines]
Arthur Frayn: I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived three hundred years, and I long to die. But death is no longer possible. I am immortal. I present now my story, full of mystery and intrigue - rich in irony, and most satirical. It is set deep in a possible future...

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Banda de Sonido:

Symphony No. 7 in A, op. 92, 2nd movement

Brilliant

There seem to be a lot of people who didn't like this film. I loved it. It is a film for people who aren't perturbed by a lack of surface glitz in science fiction, and can take on the underlying meanings about immortality or the fear of death that other films rarely raise. Some of it doesn't make sense, but only if you are not paying attention. In my view, it gets straight to the point without any polish, which some people are uncomfortable about in any artform. It is not made for Star Trek fans. It is a bleak and powerful story about a cabal of ineffectual immortals who play God to an inferior but more vigourous race, and who long for death yet cannot die. They stealthily invite one of these inferiors (Connery) into their midst to solve their problems. The final scenes are extremely striking, and are set to the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony. **You just don't hear this symphony enough in the movies***. I recommend this film to anyone who likes science fiction with a small sf.