description Zabriskie Point Overview
Zabriskie Point, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, features locations including Zabriskie Point in Death Valley and stars Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, and Rod Taylor. The film explored themes within the American counterculture movement. It was a commercially unsuccessful and critically rejected production upon its 1970 release.
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info Zabriskie Point Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1970 |
help Zabriskie Point FAQ
What is Zabriskie Point about?
Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 film follows Mark, a young man fleeing after a student riot, and Daria, a secretary working for a property developer. Their chance meeting in the California desert turns the film into a counterculture romance set against political and commercial conflict. [Antonioni Archive](https://www.archivioantonioni.it/digital-archive/detail/creativeWork/019/zabriskie-point)
Was Zabriskie Point filmed at the real Death Valley location?
Yes. The film uses locations around Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California, which also supplies the title. The desert meeting between Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin is one of the film's defining settings. [AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18851-ZABRISKIE-POINT)
Which musicians appear on the Zabriskie Point soundtrack?
The MGM soundtrack included music by artists such as Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and the Youngbloods. Antonioni used those contemporary recordings to connect the film with the American counterculture of the late 1960s. [AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18851-ZABRISKIE-POINT)
Why is Zabriskie Point known as a commercial failure?
The film struggled with audiences when it opened in 1970 despite Antonioni's international reputation and MGM's backing. AFI records that MGM later severed the three-picture deal associated with Antonioni and producer Carlo Ponti after the film's failure. [AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18851-ZABRISKIE-POINT)
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