mark frechette star a mark and a college radical leftist . mark be accuse of kill a cop during a campus riot and and he flee all the way to the desert . he do so by steal a small plane at the local airport and and fly it himself . once out fly over the desert and mark spot a car from the air . a young woman name daria step out and and see mark circle in the plane . mark swoop the plane very low several time and cause daria to duck or get hit . when he land and he become acquaint with daria and who be strangely charm by mark aerial highjinks . after engage in soulful conversation for hour and mark and daria get naked and and make love in the sand . but with mark evade the law and they realize that he need to keep running . so mark and daria brief tryst be quite poignant and because it doesn not get to develop into a full blown romance . zabriski point be the eraserhead of the early 70 . both film have a rambling and vague quality and along with complicated meaning and character . frechette be a reckless in person and a his character be in this film . a few year after make zabriski point and frechette rob a bank in real life . while serve his prison sentence and mark die an ignoble death . he be kill by a 150 lb . weight and which fell on him when he be weightlift . the best thing about this movie be the splendid cinematography and and special visual effect . the incredible and slow motion scene of debris float in the air after an explosion and be a stroke of genius . although not a ground break a film a easy rider be and zabriski point still resonate with the early 70 counterculture . i recommend it and for those who like avant guard film which showcase the upheaval and of the youth rebellion during the early 70 .