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

Director Michael Winterbottom shot over 200 hours of digital video.

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Goofs

Various items on the table either appear or disappear or move from place to place between shots When Lisa refuses to drink her tea and yells at Matt.

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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

Referenced in Brows Held High: W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Madan"
(Exotic Disco Mix)
Performed by Salif Keita
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Universal Music Ltd
Licensed by kind permission from the Film & TV Licensing Division, part of the Universal Music Group

User Reviews

Gutsy disappointment from an interesting director and two brave actors

Saw this 16-09-2004 at the TIFF... While I am an admitted fan of mainstream films that feature explicit sexuality, I was disappointed in this film -- as it stands now. I say "as it stands now" because, although I may be wrong, the film has the feel of an unfinished work. Clocking in at a mere hour and five minutes, however, it still manages to feel long somehow -- essentially, we are watching either one of four types of scene: The lead actor reminiscing about the now-ended affair (from his walking trip of... Antarctica!), the couple attending concerts (always, apparently, at the same venue), the couple cooking and eating, or the couple having sex. There is relatively little dialog. The film feels fragmentary, as the scenes tend to repeat without much of a contextual base; perhaps these scenes are intended to represent the lead characters' memories, implying that we only remember those things that were most important to us from a relationship. The actors are game in their roles, although Ms. Stilley -- who has the long-limbed, small-chested appearance of a runway model -- comes off a bit weaker next to Mr. O'Brien (indeed, this appears to be her first film). I give both actors a lot of credit for baring themselves so unabashedly to the material, but am a bit disappointed that, even though Ms. Stilley has supposedly been offered another role in Mr. Winterbottom's next film, she is said to be "distancing herself" from this picture, apparently especially after her mother in North Carolina was alerted to its graphic nature.