Zabriskie Point (1970)

Voti degli utenti:

6.9/10   

Regista:

Michelangelo Antonioni

Scrittori:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)
Michelangelo Antonioni (writer) ...

Data di uscita:

9 febbraio 1970 (USA)

Genere:

Drammatico | Romantico

Plot:

An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology...

Plot Keywords:

Student | America | Policeman | Desert | Outdoor Sex

Recensioni degli utenti:

This film could never succeed, critically or with a popular audience--a great shame.

Cast

Mark Frechette	...	Mark
Daria Halprin	...	Daria
Paul Fix	...	Cafe Owner
G.D. Spradlin	...	Lee's Associate
Bill Garaway	...	Morty
Kathleen Cleaver	...	Kathleen
Rod Taylor	...	Lee Allen

Durata:

110 min | Spain:95 min (alternate version)

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Norway:16 | Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-16 | Italy:VM18 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (w) | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) (cut)

Luoghi riprese:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Compagnia:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Curiosità:

Michelangelo Antonioni's original ending was a shot of an airplane sky-writing the phrase "Fuck You, America," which was cut by MGM president Louis F. Polk along with numerous other scenes. Louis F. Polk was eventually replaced by James T. Aubrey, who had most of the cut footage restored, but without this final shot.

Citazioni:

Daria: There's a thousand sides to everything - not just heroes and villains. So anyway... so anyway... so anyway... so anyway ought to be one word. Like a place or a river. "So Anyway River."

Collegamenti:

Citato in Prime (2005)

Colonna sonora:

You Got the Silver

This film could never succeed, critically or with a popular audience--a great shame.

The movie presents a view of the United States that only a foreigner could have. Sadly, foreigners can't relate to it and persons from the United States cannot believe it. The movie is, therefore, caught in limbo without an audience. Reviews of the film tend to reflect this.

I have lived away from the US for 30 years and can now pretend to be able to understand what Antonioni was wanting to achieve. My view is that he has excelled. The film is a stunning indictment of the United States and, tragically, I see no remediation in the 29 years since it was first released.