“ZABRISKIE POINT created its own docu-surrealism by casting non-professional unknowns and meshing real campus-unrest footage with experimental waywardness…Antonioni’s head trip of a film is very pleasurable.” - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Removed from the late '60s climate of dissent, Michelangelo Antonioni's only American-made film now stands as a startling work of art, alternately stark and excessive, cathartic and self-indulgent. Antonioni’s absorption in the landscape, both natural and man-made, is the real story, and he revels in every widescreen frame: billboards poised against the blue sky, the shadow of a plane traversing desert wasteland, youthful brown bodies intertwined in the sands of Death Valley. Forget revolution; the explosive finale is nothing less than an orgy of kineticism, as Antonioni gleefully blows up everything in sight from umpteen angles, because he can. (BS) Screened in 2013 as part of Revolution in the Air: The Long Sixties Lecture Series with Professor Mary Patten.
25 For 25
To celebrate 25 years on State Street, the 25 For 25 series revisits standout titles from our State Street history, spotlighting films that have lit up our screens since 2001 and reflecting on the Siskel Film Center’s programming legacy. Each selection connects to a past Siskel program, highlighting the Siskel Film Center’s long-standing commitment to diverse and innovative curation.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu