Boorman's oddest film; Connery's too; even Rampling's - and she had sex
with a chimp in Max Mon Amour. Zardoz is, undeniably, very odd indeed -
but it's curiously compelling, and deserves a cult following. A future
society is split into the Vortex (an elite of powerful yet impotent
immortals) and the Brutals (everyone else). Connery, a Brutal,
infiltrates the Vortex, where the mere sight of Rampling gives him a
hard-on. Destruction and philosophy follow. There's a giant floating
head which looks like Zeus, and references to The Wizard Of Oz. Such is
Boorman's skill with imagery, there are times when it all makes sense;
and even when it doesn't, it scarcely matters.
