9 Songs (2004)

In London, England, love blooms between an American college student, named Lisa, and a British glaciologist, named Matt, where over the next few months in between attending rock concerts, the two lovers have intense sexual encounters.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Michael Winterbottom

Stars:

Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Huw Bunford

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kieran O'Brien	...	Matt
Margo Stilley	...	Lisa
Huw Bunford	...	Himself (Super Furry Animals)
Cian Ciaran	...	Himself (Super Furry Animals)
The Dandy Warhols	...	Themselves
Elbow	...	Themselves
Franz Ferdinand	...	Themselves
Bobby Gillespie	...	Himself (Primal Scream)
Bob Hardy	...	Himself (Franz Ferdinand)
Dafydd Ieuan	...	Himself (Super Furry Animals)
Alex Kapranos	...	Himself (Franz Ferdinand)
Mani	...	Himself (Primal Scream)
Nick McCarthy	...	Himself (Franz Ferdinand)
Michael Nyman	...	Himself
Guto Pryce	...	Himself (Super Furry Animals)

Storyline

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall--London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

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Plot Keywords:

love | rock concert | glaciologist | concert | song | 

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Taglines:

2 Lovers. 1 Year.

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de] Official site [fr]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 2005 (UK)

Also Known As:

9 Canções

Filming Locations:

Brixton Academy - 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,457 (USA) (22 July 2005)

Gross:

$49,835 (USA) (29 July 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min 67 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first sexually explicit film to be directly awarded a French mainstream certificate (and not the "X classification" created in 1975 for "pornographic or violence-inciting movies").

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Goofs

The clock on the wall goes forth and back in time between shots.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Matt: When I remember Lisa I don't think about her clothes, or her work, or where she was from, or even what she said. I think about her smell, her taste, her skin touching mine.

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Connections

References The Dreamers (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Jacqueline"
(Live)
Performed by Franz Ferdinand (Bob Hardy (as Robert Hardy), Alex Kapranos (as Alexander Kapranos),
Nick McCarthy (as Nicholas McCarthy), Paul Thomson)
Written by Alex Kapranos (as Kapranos) / Nick McCarthy (as McCarthy) Bob Hardy (as Hardy)
Used by kind permission of Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Domino Recording Company Ltd

User Reviews

An anti-climax

In the (admittedly unlikely) eventuality that someone wandered into a cinema expecting this to be a musical, a rude shock would ensue, since this is the most sexually explicit mainstream film ever exhibited in Britain. Indeed the only mainstream movie I've previously seen to compare in explicitness was the 1976 Japanese work "Ai No Corrida" ("In the Realm Of The Senses"), but this work goes further with a scene of ejaculation, as well as fellatio, cunnilingus and penetrative sex. Since this is the work of accomplished British director Michael Winterbottom ("In This World"), one cannot possibly regard this is as pornography - besides anything else, porn features far more voluptuous women and portrays the sex from an exclusively male point of view, whereas the sex here is realistic (as well as real) and as female-oriented as much as male.

The problem is that the film appears to be utterly meaningless. A British research geologist Matt (Kieran O'Brien) goes to London gigs and has sex with American student Lisa (Margot Stilley), but there is no characterisation or plot or even a script (the dialogue was improvised and is banal). Even the music seems to bear no relationship to the lovers and - except for some haunting work from Michael Nyman - is dreary gunge. Shot on low budget digital video, the picture is as grey as the subject matter and the only light-hearted aspect is the rather unsubtle joke of the (mercifully short) running time (69 minutes). Come again? No chance.