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David (David Wissak) and Katia (Katerina Golubeva) are driving down to Joshua Tree National Park from LA in their red Hummer. Seems David is involved with filmmaking (he's scouting for locations). With slow pacing, we get to witness their mundane routine- driving, trekking, eating, swimming in a motel pool, fucking, fighting and making up. There is a sense that David and Katia are not communicating well. On the outset, Twentynine Palms plays out like another Antonioni-esque film about disconnection and isolation in modern society. But that's not what Dumont is interested in here. As its sudden, grotesque violence that befalls on our protagonists at the end of the film, it is clear that he is after something else. Given the context of 9/11 & Invasion of Iraq, Dumont is set out to debunk American machismo- Westerns & military power & also throws in sexual politics. Blunt and brutal against stunning backdrop, Twenty Nine Palms shows trivial human existence. #brunodumont #twentyninepalms