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Michelangelo Antonioni is considered a very important auteur director. While I love art cinema, I have to admit I’m not a fan of his work other than Red Desert (1964) and this film. Zabriskie Point is a psychedelic art house movie with a pretty kick ass soundtrack, the highlight of which is a re-recorded version of Pink Floyd’s “Careful With That Axe, Eugene.” Antonioni rejected an original composition by Floyd’s keyboardist Richard Wright, so it went on to become the classic track “Us and Them.” Anyway, this film does have some slow parts, and some eye-roll inducing moments if you’re not a hippie fan (like me), but stick with it. The finale of the film is fantastic. You might be able to spot a very young Harrison Ford too.
Not available on Blu-ray.
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