Zardoz: The 8 Bit Adventure

All this talk of Lee Marvin and Point Blank has rekindled my love for the mad works of John Boorman.  Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, The Tailor of Panama--these are some great mad movies, but the most bugnuts flick you've hopefully seen (and if you haven't get over to Netflix quick!) is Zardoz.

Well, Badass Digest just posted this wonderfully bizarre 8 Bit Video Game adaptation that just has to be seen.  Absolutely wonderful.  

I only wish that we could play the rest of the game.  Come On People, start the write-in campaign!  Let's make the Zardoz game a reality!

--Brad

Parker: Lee Marvin By John Boorman

While trolling youtube for all things Lee Marvin and Parker I discovered this really nifty mini-documentary that filmmaker John Boorman (Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Excalibur) did for the BBC called Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait.  It's really fantastic with appearances from folks like William Hurt, Jim Jarmusch, Pamela Marvin, and others.  Readings from Marvin's personal journal about his WWII experiences as well as his great fishing expeditions in Australia.  And yes, you'll be able to see the wallet Marvin was carrying when a bullet went whizzing through and granted him his Purple Heart.  Really, I would love to see this cleaned up and put out as a DVD extra...maybe on that Point Blank blu ray we're still waiting around for.

--Brad

Parker: The Art of Point Blank

--Brad