Zardoz
1974, R, 105 min.
Directed by John Boorman, Starring Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling.
In this provocative fantasy film, the world is divided into Brutals (who worship a floating head called Zardoz that instructs that the gun is good and the penis is evil) and Immortals (who are pure consciousness and have become completely effete). Sean Connery is the Brutal who penetrates an Immortal community.
This article appears in November 9 • 2012.
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