a beautiful new print of zabriskie point be play in paris and seem to be do well in the latin quarter . it time for a full evaluation of the film . let hope that the new print mean that a dvd with some insightful extra will be out in the near future . i remember watch zp when it come out and think it be a crashing bore . this time around i be totally awed and would classify it a a near miss masterpiece . the first part of the movie be a time capsule of late 60 los angeles and i live there then and and antonioni do a masterful job of capture the essence of the place . kudos to production designer dean tavoularis who find some incredible location and do outstanding work . the print i saw run 1 hour 50 minute . it be forbidden to those under 16 ( or 18 and i can not remember ) . i suspect there be quite a bit of restored footage in this print . spoiler i wonder how much of the desert sex scene be originally cut . what appear today seem rather tame by current standard . there be no soundtrack music until almost 1 hour into the film . before we hear extraneous noise such a radio broadcast and etc . antonioni be very dare to do this . i remember how much be make at the time of the lack of act skill of non actor mark frechette and daria halprin . this time frechette do not bother me . halprin be weak but gradually improve a the film continue . much of the student riot footage look like stock footage to me . one shot be in a different aspect ratio and distort by the wide screen . of course and there be actual stag footage and but not all that much . i be still try to figure out how antonioni do some of the shot of frechette fly the plane . it look like he really do some of the fly there no blue screen or double in some shot . i hope to get back to see the film a second time . recommend highly to all antonioni fan .