Zabriskie Point

This film has a powerful philosophical ending. But that ending has meaning only if you watch the movie from the beginning.

Youth alienation in the late 1960's, from the viewpoint of a young man and a young woman, is the obvious theme of "Zabriskie Point". Neither Mark Frechette nor Daria Halprin had much acting experience, a fact that actually enhances the film's message. Having untrained actors conveys a sense of realism, as both players seem emotionally detached from the turmoil around them.

This is not a script-driven film. Except for the first ten minutes, it is mostly visual, with stunning cinematography. The beautiful naturalistic images seem other-worldly, and perfectly in sync with the emotional detachment of Mark and Daria.

I would have replaced the thematically weak Pink Floyd music with the more cogent music of The Doors. Many scenes cry out for "Riders On The Storm".

Even so, I like this film. It's different; it's unique; it is artistic and imaginative. And the desert badlands are beautiful.

As the years go by, "Zabriskie Point" seems more and more attractive. It conveys the mood of the late 1960's in America. It is amazingly artistic, in a bohemian sort of way. And the film's last eight minutes are philosophically mesmerizing.

越战期间，美国大学生掀起了反对战争、要求民主的学生活动，马克是洛杉几大学的学生，在这次活动中，马克很多同学和老师被当局扣押了起来。马克和同学也在一次和警察的对抗中，马克失手打死一名警察，在当局的通缉下，马克开始了他的逃亡之路。

　　另一方面，在大商业公司上班的秘书达莉娅不知出于什么原因，独自驱车穿越沙漠前往菲尼科斯。路上的各种情况令她更加厌恶。

　　马克找到一个机场，偷偷上了一架小型飞机，强行飞去。在穿越沙漠的时候，马克发现了地面上的达莉娅，向她扔去自己的红色外衣，达莉娅在沙地上写了大大的“FUCK OFF”回答。不久，达莉娅发现前方停着这架飞机，虽然得知这是一架被抢飞机，她还是带着马克去找汽油。马克告诉了她自己大学生活的种种恶作剧，两人相处融洽，很快就在一处荒漠中开始做爱。就在他们做爱的时候，整个山谷中遍布了做爱的男女，一时间荒野中充满活力和浪漫。马克为飞机加上油，还为飞机重新涂上荒诞色情的油彩，两人亲切告别。

　　警察发现了马克，在降落的时候击毙了马克。还在荒漠中行驶的达莉娅听到收音机中传来的消息，悲伤不已。在到达了菲尼科斯的别墅，听到一群资产阶级大亨充满金钱铜臭味道的丑恶对话之后，达莉娅联想到马克的遭遇，欲哭无泪。

　　在影片著名的结尾中，达莉娅仇恨地注视着这栋象征着资本主义堡垒的豪华别墅，幻觉中别墅开始了一次又一次的大爆炸。这是个不同寻常的爆炸，所有的物品都在慢镜头里被炸上空中，缓慢、无声、诗意地飞舞着。安东尼奥尼在想象的世界为马克、为学生民主运动、为这个被资产阶级压迫的世界复了仇。

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