Zabriskie Point (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #18 extract: Zabriskie Point (1970)

A meandering, boring and rather cumbersome film, Zabriskie Point is understandably labelled Antonioni's biggest failure. 

There are a handful of impressive sequences in this film that combine music, montage and a plethora of formal techniques, but citing these few and far between scenes only reveals Zabriskie Point to be worth a few moments of spectacle and controversy. But, on the note of controversy, an orgy in a blistering hot and dusty desert doesn't seem all too appealing to me - I'm not sure about you. That said, much of this movie is bloated with emptiness; every single character, statement and beat of this story is painfully meaningless, staggeringly pointless or plainly awkward - the scene with the low-flying aeroplane being a particularly nonsensical scene. 

There's really not much to say about Zabriskie Point. If you have to, maybe seek out clips from the best scenes of this movie. Beyond that, I wouldn't recommend Zabriskie Point.