{"id":36,"date":"2006-03-07T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T22:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36"},"modified":"2021-07-27T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:50:17","slug":"zabriskie-point-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Zabriskie Point (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a thousand sides to everything &#8212; not just heroes and villains.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster-702x1024.png 702w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster-185x270.png 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA fugitive revolutionary (Mark Frechette) flees to the desert, where he meets up with a beautiful young woman (Daria Halprin). <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Deserts<\/li>\n<li>Michaelangelo Antonioni Films<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>Rod Taylor Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, Michaelangelo Antonioni&#8217;s confusing, &#8220;politically ambiguous&#8221;, pro-revolutionary box-office failure features a &#8220;myopic vision of [consumerist] America, full of piggy cops:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-1536x651.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Cops.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; flabby tourists, hungry workers, and fat cats.&#8221; It&#8217;s clear why black and white youths of the day would want to join together to combat this logy society:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Students.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it&#8217;s much <em>less<\/em> clear exactly how the film&#8217;s protagonists (Frechette and Halprin, terrible <em>non<\/em>-actors) plan on achieving this. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bizarre magical realism of the desert orgy scene (the exact meaning of which is unclear) shifts the story into over-drive, leading to the film&#8217;s &#8220;stunning&#8221; yet ultimately unsatisfactory &#8220;explosion-filled finale&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-1024x425.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-1536x638.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2-604x251.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Ending2.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-1536x627.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion-604x247.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Fiery-Explosion.png 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breath-taking cinematography of Monument Valley<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Actors2.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Zabriskie-Point-Landscape3.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A good rock score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look simply for its notoriety.  <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066601\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/zabriskie-point-1970\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2925zabr.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a thousand sides to everything &#8212; not just heroes and villains.&#8221; Synopsis: A fugitive revolutionary (Mark Frechette) flees to the desert, where he meets up with a beautiful young woman (Daria Halprin). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Counterculture Deserts Michaelangelo Antonioni Films Revolutionaries Road Trip Rod Taylor Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, Michaelangelo Antonioni&#8217;s confusing, &#8220;politically ambiguous&#8221;, pro-revolutionary box-office failure features a &#8220;myopic vision of [consumerist] America, full of piggy cops: &#8230; flabby tourists, hungry workers,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74462,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/74462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}