Review of Zardoz (1974) by Alexa R — 18 Jun 2011

Boorman's misunderstood fable of the communist utopia of social engineering and control of the feeder class. A corrupt oligarchy that has achieved immortality rules over the normal population by controlling the granary and religious beliefs (Babylonian freemasonic control).

The genetically mutated killer (Connery) is lured into the giant floating head of the god Zardoz (Wizard of Oz) to penetrate the vortex, the residence of the ruling class in order to upset the system and be upgraded with knowledge (opening his 'third eye') as kind of an antichrist to push the jaded society into a new level of being.

He breaks down the barriers to the outside so they get killed and destroys the tabernacle, a crystal masonic pyramid that houses a rogue Artificial Intelligence. The corrupt immortals play out their existence and want to know what it is to be alive again, which means facing death.

So when Connery is lured in to be allowed to know what the system truly is, it's just part of a plan. The wizard is just a man, but unintended results and unpredictability of human spirit play a part in the future outcome.

Boorman is a deep thinker, and this weird movie is precise in what it's talking about. Several science fiction/fact movies came out in this same early to mid70s period that covered similar themes (Rollerball and Logan's Run).