Zabriskie Point

An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children.

I've owned the soundtrack for this Michelangelo Antonioni film for a few years, but I've never actually seen the movie. Like a regular internet gumshoe, I stumbled on this face melter of a trailer over at 12oz Prophets. All I can say is WHOA!

Here are some fun facts about this movie that I'm dying to see (courtesy of Imdb.com):

+++Harrison Ford acted in the film, only to have his scenes cut. He still appears very briefly during the jail scene.

+++Antonioni approached Jim Morrison for a song for the soundtrack. The Doors recorded L'America which Antonioni rejected. That rules because The Doors might be the most overrated band of all-time.

+++A piano piece by Richard Wright of Pink Floyd went unused, but later reappeared as Us and Them, from Dark Side of the Moon.

+++The soundtrack features The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, John Fahey, The Youngbloods, and more.