When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.
Acting
Diora Baird's raw unraveling in the desert heat.
Cinematography
Joshua Tree as suffocating relationship prison.
Director
Dick Rude
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dick Rude was a founding member of legendary punk band The Circle Jerks, which explains the chaotic energy.
This 2010 indie arrived at peak 'mumblecore' era, when every twenty-something relationship needed existential desert symbolism.
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