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Title: A weak beginning, but a tour de force ending...
Review: "Zabriske Point" (1970) is directed by Antonioni(Blow-up, Red Desert). This film starts off very slowly focusing on youths at a campus. The initial scenes seem rather amateurish and weak, but once the film gets beyond the campus and into the desert of Zabriske Point in Death Valley then Antonioni starts to turn on his magic. There are some very hauntingly beautiful shots of the desert, and of couples strewn out in a dry river valley, and then an amazing finale with an apocalyptic image of the shreds of civilization.I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the dvd quality was very good with deep blacks and rich colours, and it appeared that the movie had been remastered since it was a very clean print. There are, however no special features except for a movie trailer.
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