Rating: NR
Genre:
Romance
Theatrical Release: 07/22/2005(USA
Release Date: 11/22/2005
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DTS
Run Time: 64 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Tartan Video
A relationship between a British scientist and an American student is chronicled through the concerts they saw and the love they made in this highly personal
romantic drama from director
Michael Winterbottom.
Matt (
Kieran O'Brien) works with the British Antarctic Survey team, and as he travels to the South Pole and ponders the vast plains of snow and ice, his mind drifts back to his short-lived romance with
Lisa (
Margo Stilley), a free-spirited girl from the United States.
Matt and
Lisa met at a
rock concert, and afterward the two went back to his flat and made love; as
Matt relives their relationship in his mind, their time together is reduced to a few meals, bits of conversation, and nine concerts they attended together, punctuated by their sessions in the bedroom. Described by several critics as the most sexually explicit film produced to date by a noted international director,
9 Songs was a labor of love for
Michael Winterbottom. Primarily improvised, self-financed, and shot using digital video equipment with a three-person skeleton crew,
9 Songs includes performances by
Primal Scream,
the Von Bondies,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Franz Ferdinand,
Super Furry Animals,
the Dandy Warhols,
Elbow, and
Michael Nyman.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
