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Zardoz (1974)

★ 5.9 · 513 ratings on TMDB

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

Zardoz poster★ 5.9

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

DirectorJohn Boorman
CastBairbre Dowling, Bosco Hogan, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Casson, Jessica Swift, John Alderton
GenresAction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

Zardoz keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceGB
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6immortalitydeath is prevented for the Eternals, making them biologically immortal (biology · local)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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