Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)

The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.

Director:

Matthew Barney

Writer:

Matthew Barney

Stars:

Matthew Barney, Björk, Shigeru Akahori

Cast

Credited cast:
Shigeru Akahori	...	Barber
Naomi Araki	...	Ama
Matthew Barney	...	Occidental Guest
Björk	...	Occidental Guest
Hisashi Fujita	...	Flensing Deck Crew
Shunsuke Fujita	...	Ambergris Procession
Yuta Fukunaga	...	Ambergris Procession
Genishi Hakozaki	...	Ama
Yuya Hama	...	Flensing Deck Crew
Akimi Hamada	...	Bathhouse Attendant
Yoshio Harada	...	Flensing Deck Crew
Yokio Hyakuda	...	Flensing Deck Crew
Akiyo Ikeda	...	Flensing Deck Crew
Tomo Isino	...	Rendering Tank Attendant
Sachiyo Ito	...	Dressing Room Attendant

Storyline

The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | male full frontal nudity | male pubic hair | pubic hair | male nudity | 

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Genres:

Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese Icelandic

Release Date:

29 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

DR9 - Drawing Restraint 9

Filming Locations:

Nagasaki, Japan

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,200, 29 March 2006, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$225,041, 18 June 2006

Company Credits

Production Co:

Restraint LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Antarctic Return
Written by Björk
Sho played by Mayumi Miyata
Produced by Björk

User Reviews

abuse of the audience

I watched this movie as a preview of a Matthew Barney art exhibit. It certainly prepared me. I almost skipped the exhibit and, in retrospect, probably should have.

Aside from the score being great (Bjork) and the photography rich and colorful, the content was mostly tedious and predictable. Gee, I really needed to see someone wearing pearls to figure out what the pearl-divers were up to. The film was mostly a silly mixture of Japanese cultural references and industrial shots of modern whaling technology being used in a mock-hunt/harvest. The film "peaks" with enough gratuitous shock-art to turn your stomach.

What was the point of the movie? While others might argue that it is an anti-whaling piece, one could equally argue that it somehow also justifies whaling. Personally I think it was Barney's attempt at "flashing" the audience with his anal, fecal, self-mutilation, and cannibalistic fetishes.

Bottom line: unless you really get off on Barney's sense of art, don't bother seeing this movie. The message is obscure, the pace slow, and the cultural references pretentious. If you're after shock-art, you'll do better at one of the many "Undead" movies or hunting down an old copy of Hustler and taking in a fecal-cartoon.