On March 8, 1967, a young man named Haile Thomas Hansen flew a private jet from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport to Arizona in order to have some fun. of Tucson. The next morning, when he landed at Sky Harbor International Airport, he was shot dead by heavily armed Phoenix police at the age of 20. Antonioni was so shocked by the news that he later wrote the script for [Zabriskie Point] based on the event. And the United States has also become the second stop of his "three-piece contract" with MGM. Antonioni's left-wing leanings made the film ill-fated from the start - some called him an "anti-American"; the FBI began stalking the crew; some filming locations were once surrounded by right-wingers. In addition, Antonioni also has a headache because of the very different conceptions of filmmaking in the United States and Europe - "Here, it is difficult for me to improvise." Finally, he has to face the scrutiny of MGM, the publisher. The movie originally ended with a plane writing "Fuck you, America" shot, as you can imagine, this shot was cut without any suspense. After the film was released, it was a disaster, and 20% of the 7 million shooting cost could not be recovered. Antonioni can always keep up with the world's Turn it around and record the style of the times. In the early [Love Lies] and [La Traviata without a Camellia], he did this. In [Eclipse], he mentioned the atomic bomb; in [Enlarge] , he made the taste of "Swinging London"; when it came to [Zabriskie Point], he lived in the climax of the hippie movement. He also invited "Grateful Dead" and "Rolling Stone" to contribute to the film, "Peace" Floyd" for the soundtrack of the film. He is always a trendsetter of the times. The film opens with an immersive hand-held close-up, leading people into a debate about revolution. The male protagonist who got up and left was labelled a "middle-class individualist" by the reactionary youths in the room. The impetuousness and impulsiveness of young people were repeatedly emphasized in the two scenes of the detention center and the shootout, but the film then staged Tragedy seems to tell us again that this is not a one-man show—whether for airport workers or the police, violence can easily replace futile expression when communication is hopeless. This sense of powerlessness is reminiscent of an entire generation. Rebellion for no reason, and Paul Newman's classic line in [Blood Against the Window]: "Our problem is that we can't communicate. "[Zabriskie Point] may be one of Antonioni's more easily overlooked works, but this film is so special that it really affects Antonioni's perception and expression: "America changed me." …In my other films, I see sex as a love sickness. And now I understand that sex is only part of love. In the scene of "Indulgence on the Barren Hill", which involved more than 100 people, sex was used to express pleasant love, not the painful desires in Antonioni's original works. In the later [Identity of a Woman] Proof] and [Days on the Clouds], this shift is more pronounced. But all the shifts start with this movie. The scene of the house explosion at the end of the movie is especially famous, Haneke in [The Seventh Continent] There is also a similar "destroyed scene" at the end of the film. In order to shoot this scene, the crew made a scaled-down model, and at the same time as the explosion, 17 cameras shot the explosion scene from different angles. The film ends with repeated and upgraded shots, Replacing spiritual catharsis with material destruction, the world seems to be alive again after the girl blows up capitalism in her mind. (Originally in "Watching Movies") America" shot, as you can imagine, this shot was cut without any suspense. After the film was released, it was a disaster, and 20% of the 7 million shooting cost could not be recovered. Antonioni can always keep up with the world's Turn it around and record the style of the times. In the early [Love Lies] and [La Traviata without a Camellia], he did this. In [Eclipse], he mentioned the atomic bomb; in [Enlarge] , he made the taste of "Swinging London"; when it came to [Zabriskie Point], he lived in the climax of the hippie movement. He also invited "Grateful Dead" and "Rolling Stone" to contribute to the film, "Peace" Floyd" for the soundtrack of the film. He is always a trendsetter of the times. The film opens with an immersive hand-held close-up, leading people into a debate about revolution. The male protagonist who got up and left was labelled a "middle-class individualist" by the reactionary youths in the room. The impetuousness and impulsiveness of young people were repeatedly emphasized in the two scenes of the detention center and the shootout, but the film then staged Tragedy seems to tell us again that this is not a one-man show—whether for airport workers or the police, when communication is hopeless, violence can easily replace futile expression. This feeling of powerlessness is reminiscent of an entire generation. Rebellion for no reason, and Paul Newman's classic line in [Blood Against the Window]: "Our problem is that we can't communicate. "[Zabriskie Point] may be one of Antonioni's more easily overlooked works, but this film is so special that it really affects Antonioni's perception and expression: "America changed me." …In my other films, I see sex as a love sickness. And now I understand that sex is only part of love. In the scene of "Indulgence on the Barren Hill", which involved more than 100 people, sex was used to express pleasant love, not the painful desires in Antonioni's original works. In the later [Identity of a Woman] Proof] and [Days on the Clouds], this shift is more pronounced. But all the shifts start with this movie. The scene of the house explosion at the end of the movie is especially famous, Haneke in [The Seventh Continent] There is also a similar "destroyed scene" at the end of the film. In order to shoot this scene, the crew made a year-on-year scale model. At the same time as the explosion, 17 cameras shot this explosion scene from different angles. The film ends with repeated and upgraded shots, Replacing spiritual catharsis with material destruction, the world seems to be alive again after the girl blows up capitalism in her mind. (Originally in "Watching Movies") America" shot, as you can imagine, this shot was cut without any suspense. After the film was released, it was a disaster, and 20% of the 7 million shooting cost could not be recovered. Antonioni can always keep up with the world's Turn it around and record the style of the times. In the early [Love Lies] and [La Traviata without a Camellia], he did this. In [Eclipse], he mentioned the atomic bomb; in [Enlarge] , he made the taste of "Swinging London"; when it came to [Zabriskie Point], he lived in the climax of the hippie movement. He also invited "Grateful Dead" and "Rolling Stone" to contribute to the film, "Peace" Floyd" for the soundtrack of the film. He is always a trendsetter of the times. The film opens with an immersive hand-held close-up, leading people into a debate about revolution. The male protagonist who got up and left was labelled a "middle-class individualist" by the reactionary youths in the room. The impetuousness and impulsiveness of young people were repeatedly emphasized in the two scenes of the detention center and the shootout, but the film then staged Tragedy seems to tell us again that this is not a one-man show—whether for airport workers or the police, when communication is hopeless, violence can easily replace futile expression. This feeling of powerlessness is reminiscent of an entire generation. Rebellion for no reason, and Paul Newman's classic line in [Blood Against the Window]: "Our problem is that we can't communicate. "[Zabriskie Point] may be one of Antonioni's more overlooked works, but this film is so special that it really affects Antonioni's perception. And express: "America changed me... In my other films, I saw sex as a love disease. And now I understand that sex is only part of love." In that scene with more than 100 people In the "Indulgence on the Barren Hill" scene, sex is used to express pleasant love rather than the painful desires of Antonioni's original work. This shift was even more pronounced in later [A Woman's Identification] and [Days on the Clouds]. But all the changes started with this movie. The house explosion scene at the end of the movie is especially famous, and Haneke has a similar "destroy scene" at the end of [The Seventh Continent]. To shoot this shot, the crew made a scaled-down model, and at the same time as the explosion, 17 cameras filmed the explosion scene from different angles. At the end of the film, repeated and upgraded shots are used to replace spiritual catharsis with material destruction. After the girl blows up capitalism in her mind, the world seems to be alive again. (Originally published in "Watching the Movie")
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