Zabriskie Point | Naivety of the 1970s

Bobby 2022-03-13 08:01:01

The movie itself is actually quite interesting, and the interpretation behind the story has gone deep into the bones.

If you look at it ignorantly, it is quite shocking to see some "bold" scenes in the story.

Judging from the story alone, it is a bit absurd and mismatched, and there are many scenes that may not know why they are illogically mixed together.

If you want to understand, you may have to take a good look at the state of old beauty in the 1970s.

The young guy, because of a "movement", was confused and got into trouble. The guy's solution to the trouble is quite surprising, he even ran to the airport and stole a plane and drove it into the sky.

Now the phrase that is often "condemned" is "Why don't you go to the sky?" It seems that the allusions come from here.

On the other hand, a "beautiful" female secretary also decided to take a spiritual journey.

Two people meet by chance, it is too ghostly.

But there are many ghosts and animals in the story, and this one is not bad.

Anyway, the two "deviant" young people met in that uninhabited place.

The next "big play" should also be able to guess.

However, the director made this big play quite "stream-of-consciousness" and "bold". People and foreigners have been so "open" for a long time, and I have to admire it.

After experiencing life, the young couple don't know what's going on in their heads, and they still want to return the plane.

The innocence of young people is truly incredible.

These "beautiful" are probably destined to be destroyed.

Perhaps, the director also wanted to express the absurdity of "some aspects" of Laomei through the absurdity of the story.

The end of the story is quite interesting.

Representing the "privilege" of superiority, being "exploded" again and again is probably a kind of accusation.

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Extended Reading
  • Eula 2022-04-19 09:03:11

    Antonioni *American*Highway*70s*Rock = Turning Sex For Innocence

  • Felipe 2022-04-20 09:02:48

    Beautiful shot. If it weren't for those emblematic images, I would have thought it was more like a Herzog movie.

Zabriskie Point quotes

  • Daria: What do you mean, reality trip? Oh, yeah, they can't imagine things. Were you in with that group? Why didn't you get out?

    Mark: I wasn't really in a group. I just couldn't stand their bullshit talk. It really bored the hell out of me. But when it gets down to it, you have to choose one side or the other.

    Daria: There's a thousand sides--not just heroes and villains.

  • Mark: Would you like to go with me?

    Daria: Where?

    Mark: Wherever I'm going.

    Daria: Are you *really* asking?

    Mark: Is that your *real* answer?