Show notes
Ever want to see Sean Connery wearing a red diaper? Then look no further than John Boorman's Zardoz (1974), a political allegory with nods to The Wizard of Oz.
We're joined by our old friend, Josh Johnson, director of Rewind This.
We're joined by our old friend, Josh Johnson, director of Rewind This.
Labels: Brian Hoyle Charlotte Rampling John Boorman Josh Johnson L. Frank Baum Sean Connery Zardoz
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Music credits
- "Zardoz" - Kosma
- "Running From Zardoz" - Tzu
- "Decline and Fall" - Flesh for Lulu
Links & resources
- Buy Rewind This! on DVD... and VHS! (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Brian Hoyle's The Cinema of John Boorman (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Zardoz on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Zardoz on (Region 2) Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy John Boorman's Adventures of a Suburban Boy (opens in a new tab)
- Buy the Zardoz novelization (opens in a new tab)
- Hear Josh on the VHS Extravaganza (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the How Did This Get Made? on Zardoz (opens in a new tab)
- Check out the Rick & Morty homage to Zardoz (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (4)
Anonymous Waaattt? No comments for Zardoz? I love this episode. More people should listen to it. Apathetic or Renegade? Make your choice.Anonymous I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived 300 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, so none of these events has been occurred But they may Be warned, lest you end as IAnonymous For a long time, the choice of the orange "diaper" and bandolier eluded me. Then, it came to me. Google: buddhist monk--images. Mystery solved.Mike White Yes. And?