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The story behind the film is more interesting than the film itself....

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danj

In Reply to: RE: Zabriskie Point DVD release next week posted by mishmashmusic on May 18, 2009 at 13:05:32

Many years ago I read a long article about the making of this film. It was about as good a study of inflated egos and international misunderstandings as I've ever read.

Personally I like "ZP." I don't think it's a masterpiece BUT it is a milestone film in the history of late 60s cinema, if only for the lessons it presents on how not to go about making a movie. I've seen it twice - once when it was first released and again, some years later, in a college film arts class. My classmates were about evenly divided between those who thought it trash and those who liked it. I don't think any there thought it a masterpiece.

I won't buy it but will likely rent it to watch on a stormy night.

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RE: The story behind the film is more interesting than the film itself.... - mishmashmusic 12:48:06 05/19/09 (0)
I feel much like you do on this one. I think it has some great elements (such as the ending sequence), but as a whole it is a mess of a film. Definitely worth seeing once, though, IMHO.

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