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9 Songs

  • 20042004
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  • 1h 11m
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Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
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In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
23K
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POPULARITY
2,844
25
  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kieran O'Brien
    • Margo Stilley
    • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club(uncredited)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Michael Winterbottom
  • Writer
    • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Kieran O'Brien
    • Margo Stilley
    • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club(uncredited)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 227User reviews
    • 127Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos1

    9 Songs
    Trailer 2:06
    9 Songs

    Photos64

    Kieran O'Brien, Michael Winterbottom, and Margo Stilley at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Michael Winterbottom at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Michael Winterbottom at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)

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    Kieran O'Brien
    Kieran O'Brien
    • Mattas Matt
    Margo Stilley
    Margo Stilley
    • Lisaas Lisa
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Don Blum
    • Selfas Self
    • (uncredited)
    Marcie Bolen
    • Selfas Self
    • (uncredited)
    Huw Bunford
    • Self - Super Furry Animalsas Self - Super Furry Animals
    • (uncredited)
    Cian Ciaran
    • Self - Super Furry Animalsas Self - Super Furry Animals
    • (uncredited)
    The Dandy Warhols
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Elbow
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Franz Ferdinand
    Franz Ferdinand
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Garvey
    • Self - Elbowas Self - Elbow
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Gillespie
    Bobby Gillespie
    • Self - Primal Screamas Self - Primal Scream
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Hardy
    • Self - Franz Ferdinandas Self - Franz Ferdinand
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Hayes
    • Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubas Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • (uncredited)
    Dafydd Ieuan
    • Self - Super Furry Animals)as Self - Super Furry Animals)
    • (uncredited)
    Nick Jago
    • Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubas Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Jupp
    • Self - Elbowas Self - Elbow
    • (uncredited)
    Alex Kapranos
    • Self - Franz Ferdinandas Self - Franz Ferdinand
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Winterbottom
    • Writer
      • Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley did not communicate with each other between filming so that their off-screen relationship would not affect the one they had on screen.
    • Goofs
      (at around 11 mins) The boom mic momentarily drops down into the scene and pulls back up while Lisa asks "Do you think I look like a boy?"
    • Quotes

      Matt: Exploring the Antarctic is like exploring space. You enter a void, thousands of miles, with no people, no animals, no plants. You're isolated in a vast, empty continent. Claustrophobia and agoraphobia in the same place, like two people in a bed.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening title and the closing credits appear to be pieces of cut film or paper placed together to form the words.
    • Alternate versions
      Unrated Edited Version on DVD in USA removes the explicit sex, but it still too graphic for an R rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nip/Tuck: Liz Cruz (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Whatever Happened To My Rock and Roll
      (Live)

      Performed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Peter Hayes, Robert Turner,

      Nick Jago)

      Composed by Peter Hayes / Robert Turner (as Robert Been) / Nick Jago (as Nicholas Jago)

      © BRMC Music / WB Music Corp by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd

      Courtesy of Virgin Records Limited / Virgin Records America, Inc

    User reviews227

    Review
    Top review
    Physical love is a dead end ("L'Amour physique est sans issue")
    I had read some reviews and comments from the Director before seeing "Nine Songs" so I had adapted my viewing mode accordingly. I armed myself with the kind of cold, intellectualized, high-culture glasses one uses to see relevant contemporary art. Most of the times it won't be neither an esthetically satisfactory experience nor a necessarily pleasant emotional experience but if we can see the point of the artist and if that point seems in resonance with one's curiosity and awareness of the world around, that will be good enough. From that somewhat minimalist expectations' level viewpoint, "Nine Songs" did the trick. I can see Michael Winterbottom's point. Why can a writer engage in sexual imagery with no restrictions and a film author can't do the same? There is also, I think, a honest experimental tone in all that. Something like "Let's see if it works to ask the actors to go all the way. Let's see if we can stay inside serious film making and not add an item to the increasingly inflated porn film list." I think MW managed to sail through. Yes, it can be done (but, at what a price for the actors it remains to be seen); yes, it's definitely miles away from porn. As to if this incursion into real sex in the picture is as effective as explicit sex in literature, I'm afraid that MW is no Houellebecq. Sex in the daring novels of Houllebecq retain a kind of legitimacy because in the center of the plot there is a couple where love between the two is expressing itself (although fed by some rather non-conventional sexual behavior). Sex in Sade or in other libertine writers was deliberately tabu-breaking, and liberating in a way. The extremely good quality of the writing (both in Houellebecq and Sade) is a crucial element in allowing the authors who engage in such edgy fields to get away with it. In "Nine Songs" the couple fails to touch us, there is no love there (not even the good chemistry of sexual love), and the "writing" in film terms is not that impressive. It resembles more a documentary, which in fact it is ("How to introduce explicit live sex in mainstream cinema"). We end up leaving the screening room with the frustrating sense that an opportunity was lost. Like a piece of rather cold contemporary art it challenges you, it makes you engage in argument with your friends, it makes you wish to write a comment on web site. But we enjoy good cinema, not merely relate to.Enjoyment is not there.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2005 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ice
    • Filming locations
      • Brixton Academy - 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Revolution Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $66,853
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,457
      • Jul 24, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,590,308
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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