In L'eclisse, as the lovers drifted apart for no real reason, the style of the movie itself altered from heady, stylised realism to stark experimental tableaux. The same happens here, as Zabriskie Point begins as a faux-documentary, mutates into a neo-western, embraces Euro erotica (prefiguring the director's more Vasaline-lensed later work) and then climaxes as a strident, slow-motion video art blitzkrieg on consumer culture. It displays the same brash impulsiveness as the story's hero
David Jenkins
October 23, 2014