when this film be make and the hippie thing have go mainstream . the idea of the counter culture be well establish and that be why such a big film could be make . yet it have something to say and and it be say really beautifully . apart from those whore only wait for the wanking material and this film be give credit for it beautiful scene ( which in itself be more than enough reason to see the film ) by the most . the soundtrack to this film and which actually become more popular than the film itself and be another plus . pink floyd careful with that axe eugene suit really well with the explosion and the absence of music in other scene give the film a nice quiet mood . but . it seem a though the message in this film have be overlook by the most . if you do not understand it and which seem to be the case for the most and i will give you some hint represent the man ( tough guy and what ever his name be mark . ) be a part of a reality group . he leave this group say something like i be willing to die . but not of boredom he later go for a joyride with a steal plane and probably to seek some action . a he be in the air and grateful dead dark star ( from the live or dead album ) be play ( i think ) . this song contain the phrase shall we go you and i while we can and this be though not hear in the film . ( perhaps stretch it a bit too far mean that quote be essential . ) in the plane and he check up a girl ( daria ) and who be drive in her car to a conference ( about give typical suburban family the opportunity to live in a super relaxing place in the desert and where everything be so simple and nice . for the whole family . ) and by dive down and almost hit the car . he land the plane and and join the girl on her way to detroit . they stop at zabriskie point and where they enjoy each other a living creature and the nature . later a family with a big car ( of the type which you sleep in ) and a speed boat be show visit zabriskie point and the father say something like what a waste drive all the way up here and and the kid sit inside the car and grinning . i sense a this wasn not much good than on the telly attitude . daria take mark back to the plane which now be paint in a psychedelic style and with the identity number change to no war on one side and no word on the other . buck suck be also write on the plane . mark take the plane back to where he steal it from and say to daria before he leave i do not risk anything or something and one of several hint about he not care too much about his destiny . ( this because he have the feeling that the environment that surround do not give him anything i wonder what happen in the real world ) on the airport he be meet by police officer who shoot him even though he just have return the plane . daria hear this on the radio and but decides to go to the conference in the fancy mansion . here she feel alien after the adventure with her just kill friend . she enjoy fresh water run down a rock and more than the swimming pool . inside the house the viewer be once again give a hint about anti materialism she look out through a glass wall and hold her hand on the glass like she be trap . the business men be see argue and the one side eager to make a big deal and the other afraid of lose money . daria leave the house and look back at it and visualize it blow up . after the house and several other thing blow up and for example a television . she smile and happy she have inside herself destroy what she after the meeting with mark look upon a something negative . to summarize represent mark obviously experience the reality group a not very useful a they just sit and talk and take no action . he clearly have bad feeling about thing be a they be and and it seem like he feel that it no use fight against it . he want to leave . he help daria and who be in mind but not in action see his point of view . where his feeling of be misfitted turn out lead to his death and one can hope daria us the idea in a way that will turn out more constructive . in the film you see how a town ( la ) be be pollute by commercial ( too bad you have to show the commercial to make the point ) and you see business men decide what be the future and et cetera and and you see people be unhappy with these and other situation which be part of the modern world . i have only see the film once and so i have not catch all point and but i certainly get a feeling of what this film have to say and and i find it strange that this film can be call meaningless . if you say the point be be too obvious and i can see why and this film probably intend to appeal to the post hippie radical dig the thought of anti establishment . even though and it have a lot to say and and it message be still need today and thing pretty much evolving in the same direction a it do before the sixty . zabriskie point be a really great film and tell a story about quite normal young people ( not far out hippy trip around tip toe on acid and dig everything ) seek what they percept a real and dissatisfy with the conventional . and it be do in a truly beautiful way .