9 Songs (DVD)

- 9 SONGS - Released in 2004 and Directed and written by Michael Winterbottom, (24 hour Party People), '9 Songs' was a highly controversial film of its year. Dubbed as pornographic, 9 Songs Stars Kieran O'Brien (24 hour Party People) and Margo Stilley (Reverb). "Possible the first pornographic 'date movie' that lacks the hardcore edge guys expect but does take mainstream ADULT movies to the next level" - USA The film opens with Matt (Kieran O'Brien), 31, a young glaciologist, recalling a year in his life. As he flies across the immense icy expanse of the South Pole, he remembers Lisa. - . He had met ...

(Also appears at ShaunMunro.co.uk) Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley Release Date: March 11th, 2005 (UK), July 22nd, 2005 (US) Certificate: 18 (UK), Not Rated (US) Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs is a sexual experience from near enough its first frame. The film's premise is incredibly straightforward - Matt (Kieran O'Brien) and Lisa (Margo Stilley) meet at a concert, and 9 Songs is essentially an expression of their love story, which just so happens to rather loosely revolve around music. From the outset, we must consider where the line between glamourised pornography and artistic sexual ...

Always one on the hunt for the controversial a work colleague introduced me to 9 Songs. What's it about I asked? A lot of sex and 9 songs was the reply. Being as the person I had asked was a "STUDENT" I thought that maybe he was being a little bitchy, because he after all is the worst sort of student, a film student. What did throw me back a lot is that 9 songs is literally as the movie was described. A couple meet at a concert where we are subjected to a moment of live music, this is where the movie switches from being a movie to a concert. Next the same couple have sex, and a very, very brief glimpse of story. Onto another concert, more sex, more ...