The Michelangelo Antonioni Poll

Has the Dick Cavett Show appearance been discussed yet?

PINK FLOYD RULES

Pink Floyd sucks but directors like Antonioni and Barbet Schroeder are good at framing them to make them look good

Blowup was good too, but seemed more shallow when I watched it recently

Interested in hearing why you think that about this one in specific. Most Antonioni I've seen boils down to beautiful people looking sad while walking down the streets of European cities - Zabriskie Point actually the closest I've seen him to being cerebral. But I think that kind of pure vibe filmmaking has its place and the pure beauty makes up for some of the emptiness.

Has the Dick Cavett Show appearance been discussed yet?

Amazing stuff. "Tonight on the show, Mel Brooks and TWO FUCKING CULT MEMBERS."

I remember reading in Astral Weeks about Jonathan Richman referring to “that Mel guy.”

The leader of the cult I mean, not Brooks.

I think he may have even built him a pizza oven.

Not guy, fellow. That Mel fellow.
Eden Ahbez, Jack Parsons, and other LA kooks...

Did we mention Antonioni visiting The Band whilst they were recording The Band in Sammy Davis Jr’s poolhouse?

gnna start saying that zabriskie point is actually abt jack parsons, hence the explosion at the end (spoiler)

(sadly it isn't tho, yet another reason why it's rubbish)

Relevant discussion starts around here: The Band.

Now starting to imagine Zabriskie Point with a Harry Nilsson soundtrack.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmRosJmWIAMnNsP?format=png

Mark Frechette gave a good performance (dubbed into Italian) in Francesco Rosi's very dark and grim Many Wars Ago.