Twentynine Palms
by Bruno Dumont
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Actor: David Wissak, Yekaterina GolubevaDirector: Bruno Dumont
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Wellspring
Movie Reviews of Twentynine Palms
Movie Review: Pretty damn awful...see Dumont's L'humanite instead....
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a particularly bad film. It's extremely boring and tedious for the first hour or so. The last half hour has a good night scene, and a shocking act of violence, but overall it's a pretentious, stupid film. It consists of a very ugly couple (ugly on the inside mostly) screwing, yelling, screwing, and getting brutalised. I am a fan of existential cinema, but this isn't a good example of it. In fact, it's an embarrassment. It's a shame, as the director, Bruno Dumont, previous film, L'humanite, is flatout amazing. L'humanite had gotten some reviews from people thinking it's pretentious, slow (aka boring), and stupid, but it's a very powerful film with an incredible visual style to it. This film isn't like that at all. I think Dumont is a great filmmaker, but this is a bad misstep. There seems to be a lot of posers out today making "slow, ambiguous" films in an attempt to be arty (there have always been posers of this kind throughout history, I suppose, so for us to think that they don't exist now is arrogance on our part). I don't believe that Dumont is one of these posers, but many might think that he is if this is the only film of his they've seen. Check out Dumont's L'humanite for proof of his talents, and ignore this film. Thank you and good night.
Summary of Twentynine Palms
From Bruno Dumont, one of the leading visionaries of world cinema, comes Twentynine Palms, a mesmerizing story of love, sex and evil set deep in the Joshua Tree desert. While scouting for a photo shoot location, an American photographer (David Wissak) and his Russian/French girlfriend (Katia Golubeva) spend their days engaging in impassioned fights, hasty reconciliations and frequent bouts of sex, until a shocking act of desperation leads to an unforeseen and brutal climax. DVD extras include: 5.1 Extraction, Trailer, Interview with Director, EPK, Making of Reel, Subtitle ControlNo one can accuse director Bruno Dumont of taking the easy road. Dumont's Life of Jesus and L'Humanite are fascinating, but they test the comfort zone of even the most devoted art-house maven. Twentynine Palms serves up more of Dumont's uncompromising rigor, this time set in America. A couple scout locations in the desert around Joshua Tree, and spend most of their time fighting or having sex. The frankness of the director's approach to sex does not prepare one for the shock of the truly bleak final reels. This Last Tango in Zabrieskie Point has a lulling, creepy power before it reaches those shocks, although actors David Wissak and Katia Golubeva are perhaps not as compelling as Dumont wants them to be. Of course, he's showing empty people traversing one of the emptiest places on earth--so maybe it fits. In any case, this film will shake you if you stick with it. --Robert Horton
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