This film stinks of pretension, as do all of the positive reviews I have read about it.
I'll make my points short and sweet.
1. If I have to obtain external info (a synopsis, a forward, a cast and crew interview, or a commentary) to understand the film maker's intentions, the film as a medium has failed.
2. If this is supposed to be a story... it is lost.
3. If this a myopic of human sexuality, I can possibly except that as the reason I just wasted 67 minutes of my time. But sex is not love, and I knew where to put it before I left grade school. I didn't need two college age students to show me.
This film is not about relationships- its nothing more than a human equivalent of the Wild Kingdom- the mating rituals of homo sapiens. Unlike the Wild Kingdom, and just like porn, you actually get to see the film's "climax." I am not a prude by any stretch. But there is no Bohemian facet to this film. It is porn plain and simple. No matter how many college rock songs you use to whitewash it, strange cuts, melancholic piano tracks, or fancy words you try to pimp it with, you have amateur porn on your hands. Porn with small breasticles.
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.
Watch 9 Songs (2004) : Full Length 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.
Release Date : Jul 16, 2004
Runtime : 66 minutes
Genres : Drama, Music, Romance
Production Company : Revolution Films
Production Countries : United Kingdom
Casts : Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, The Dandy Warhols, Elbow, Franz Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Von Bondies, Super Furry Animals, Michael Nyman
Plot Keywords : london, female nudity, sex, rock and roll, condom, safe sex, concert, erection, fellatio, pubic hair, sexual fantasy, penetration, sexual intercourse, female frontal nudity, ejaculation, unsimulated sex, female full frontal nudity, couple, exposed breasts, desire, blowjob, semen, vulva, erect penis, male orgasm, penis, explicit sex, female pubic hair
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