"I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived 300 years, and 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 within a possible future, so none of these events have yet occurred. But they may! Be warned, lest you end as I. In this tale I am a fake god by occupation, and a magician by inclination. Merlin is my hero! I am the puppet master. I manipulate many of the characters and events you will see. But I am invented, too, for your entertainment and amusement. And you, poor creatures, who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business too?"
Not the best John Boorman film perhaps, but the tongue-in-cheek humour amidst all the philosophizing seems to parody its high-handed, stylized, overrated, cult, sci-fi pre-cursor - '2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) and can even serve as a parody of stupider things to come - such as Star Wars (1977).
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