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Zardoz Quotes

"Beyond 1984, Beyond 2001, Beyond Love, Beyond Death."

R 1974 · 1h 46m
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17 quotes
The Gift of Death in Eternal Life
Taglines Into a world of eternal life, he brought the gift of death.
Sealing Memories for Eternal Life
Old Scientist We seal ourselves herewith into this place of ]. Death is banished for ever. I direct that the Tabernacle erase from us all memories of its construction, so we can never ] it if we should ever crave for death. Here, man and the sum of his ] will never die, but go forward to ].
[[learning; [destroy; [knowledge; [perfection]
The Essence of Inescapable Connection
The Tabernacle You have penetrated me. There is no escape. You are within me. Come into my centre... Come into the centre of the crystal.
Exploring the Quirkiness of Zardoz
Quotes about Zardoz genuinely quirky movie, a trip into a future that seems ruled by perpetually stoned set decorators ... The movie is an exercise in self-indulgence (if often an interesting one) by Boorman, who more or less had carte blanche to do a personal project after his immensely successful ].
[A; [Deliverance]
Consequences of Destruction and Isolation
The Tabernacle You have destroyed us. You found the flaw in the ]. We are gone. You... are alone.
[after Zed shoots the crystal; [crystal]
The Nature of Light and Infinity
The Tabernacle Refraction of light. Infinite.
Reflections on the Character of Zardoz
Quotes about Zardoz * ] The Guardian (6 March 2023)
[[w:John Boorman|John Boorman; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/todays-films-are-nothing-of-the-sort-so-stop-calling-them-that "Today’s ‘films’ are nothing of the sort – so stop calling them that"]
Challenges of Filming the Zardoz Finale
Quotes about Zardoz For the finale of my 1974 film Zardoz, I wanted to shoot a scene of Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling in which they age and die. This involved shooting with a fixed camera, so that we could take them out, age their clothes and faces, put them back in, shoot them a bit more, then take them out and age them further, until eventually they were skeletons that, in turn, crumbled away.This process took an entire day. Then, the camera assistant unloaded the camera and accidentally exposed the film to the light. This meant we had to spend another whole day shooting it. I also had to restrain Connery from killing the assistant – who soon afterwards changed his name and moved to Los Angeles. I spied him in a cafe in LA one day. “Is Sean in town?” he asked, with a quivering voice.
The Nature of the Ark in Zardoz
Friend It's an ark. A ]. A ]ship. All this ] was for ] to the distant ]s.
[[Ships|ship; [space; [technology; [travel; [star]
Vision of a Futile Future
Taglines I have seen the future and it doesn't work.
Exploring Themes of Existence and Time
Taglines Beyond 1984, Beyond 2001, Beyond Love, Beyond Death.
The Obsolescence of Sleep in Eternal Consciousness
The Tabernacle ] was ] for ] when his waking and unconscious lives were separated. As eternals achieved total consciousness, sleep became obsolete, and second level meditation took its place.
[[Sleep; [necessary; [Human|man]
The Burden of Immortality and Control
Arthur Frayn I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived three hundred years, and I long to die. But ] is no longer possible. I am immortal. I present now my ], full of ] and intrigue — rich in ], and most ]. It is set deep in a possible ], so none of these events have yet occurred, but they may. Be warned, lest you ] as I. In this tale, I am a fake god by occupation and a ] by inclination. ] is my ]. I am the puppet master. I manipulate many of the characters and events that you see. But I am invented, too, for your entertainment and amusement. And you, poor creatures, who conjured you out of the clay? Is ] in show business, too?
[[death; [story; [mystery; [irony; [satirical; [future; [end; [magician; [Merlin; [hero; chuckles; [God]
Reflections on Zardoz's Philosophical Themes
Quotes about Zardoz * ]{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
[[w:John Boorman|John Boorman]
Reflections on Zardoz's Philosophical Themes
Quotes about Zardoz *] Chicago Sun-Times (1 January 1974)
[[w:Roger Ebert|Roger Ebert; https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zardoz-1974 "Zardoz"]
Decline of Film in the Digital Age
Quotes about Zardoz * Boorman was lamenting the decline of photographic film stock and the substitution of digital technology
Confusion in a 70's Film Experience
Quotes about Zardoz Um, it was the 70’s, and I was doing a lot of drugs. Frankly, even I’m not entirely sure what parts of the movie are about.