9 Songs

2004 "2 lovers, one summer, and the 9 songs that defined them."

9 Songs

4.7 | 1h10m | NR | en | Drama

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.

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4.7 | 1h10m | NR | en | More Info

Released: July. 16,2004 | Released Producted By: Revolution Films , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Genre

Drama , Music , Romance

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Cast

Kieran O'Brien , Margo Stilley , Courtney Taylor-Taylor , Alex Kapranos , Guy Garvey , Robert Levon Been

Director

Mat Whitecross

Producted By

Revolution Films

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Kieran O'Brien

as Matt

Trucking Heavy: Massive Moves The Family Pile The Following Year The Cars That Made the World Trucking Hell Holmes & Watson The Watchman Glue Prey The Look of Love

Margo Stilley

as Lisa

Ladies of London: The New Reign The Host The Trip to Spain Angel The Trip 14 Days with Victor Goal III: Taking on the World Reverb 9 Songs

Courtney Taylor-Taylor

as Himself - The Dandy Warhols (uncredited)

DIG! XX DIG! XX 9 Songs Dig!

Alex Kapranos

as Himself - Franz Ferdinand (uncredited)

Franz Ferdinand : concert privé au Centre Pompidou The thousand and one musical lives of Fleetwood Mac Clara Luciani : Ça commence comme ça Franz Ferdinand - Musilac 2023 Franz Ferdinand | Echoes with Jehnny Beth (ARTE concerts) Lost in France A Life in the Death of Joe Meek NME Presents: Franz Ferdinand, This Fire - O2 Arena, London 2009 Pulp: The Story of Common People Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin

Guy Garvey

as Himself - Elbow (uncredited)

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill Elbow - iTunes festival 2014 When Albums Ruled the World Elbow - Asleep in the Back Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra: The Seldom Seen Kid - Live at Abbey Road 9 Songs Elbow - Cast of Thousands Elbow - The Best of

Robert Levon Been

as Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Live In Paris Sound City Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Live in London Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Live 9 Songs

Mat Whitecross

Additional Camera

Annemarie Lean-Vercoe

Additional Camera

Marcel Zyskind

Director of Photography

Reno Antoniades

Legal Services

Boyd Harvey

Other

Layla Evans

Post Production Supervisor

Michel Houellebecq

Thanks

Michael Nyman

Thanks

Michael Winterbottom

Director

Ross Baker

Colorist

Michael Winterbottom

Editor

Mat Whitecross

Editor

Cas Casey

Online Editor

Melissa Parmenter

Associate Producer

Steve Daly

Casting

Julie Dunne

Casting

Fiona McGuire

Head of Production

Helen Phelps

Post Producer

Jethro Harris

Post Producer

Andrew Eaton

Producer

9 Songs Audience Reviews

Diagonaldi Very well executed

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

foxhound-37781 This movie is just downright pathetic. Why? well lets see....1. Boring as all hell 2. Sex scenes for the sake of sex scenes 3. The two actors have no real deep connection on sreen 4. Concert footage looks like it was shot by a 4 year old 5. Film is so quiet it will literally put you to sleep if your watching it after 9pm 6. Boring as all hell 7. Sex sells so naturally this is why everyone was interested in it to begin with. (THE ONLY REASON) 8. Boring as all hell 9. The two actors deliberately kept away from each other off camera so it supposedly wouldn't "Affect their on screen relationship" like seriously what do you hope to achieve by that? 10. A romantic drama that's literally just a softcore porno in disguise. false marketing!

hjames-97822 There's one thing you can say for good, professional pornography. It's honest. It doesn't pretend to be art and most of the people making good porn know what they are doing and know their audience.This film is amateurish pornography parading as an art film. It succeeds at neither, but it did effectively ruin Ms. Stilley's career. (This was her first effort on film.) Basically this is one sex scene after another strung together with some very loud dated rock concert footage. The wine and cheese crowd will try and find some meaning in this thing. There just isn't any. All--every single one--of the sexual scenes is real. The film is unrated. The British censors gave it a certificate because they said it was vulgar but not obscene. I agree.There are very few sex acts you will not see and in close up with these two actors who claimed (of course) that it was all for art. They were testing themselves, they were pushing limits, they were all professionals and on and one. They are unable to simply say they had sex on film for money. O'Brien was 31 and she was 21 and a new actress. Why she let herself get conned into this role is a mystery.While the two actors claimed they really, really wanted to test their limits, it turns out they had limits after all. The director wrote a scene in which Mr. O'Brien would have graphic gay sex with another male. He admits he decided he wasn't ready to get that artistic. You will also see Mr. O'Brien have a real orgasm in some detail assisted by Ms. Stilley. She however, declined to consume his bodily fluids as was suggested.As Mr. O'Brien said in an interview, "It's just sex." And bad sex at that.

dragokin I like watching independent movies which bring forward music of bands unknown to a wider audience. This way you get to know some interesting artists, although statistically the result is the same when browsing through music channels or radio stations. With smaller bands, though, the surprise is bigger, since you source from every possible shade of music and noise and the experience is much more exciting than with commercial music.Anyhow, after watching 9 Songs there were no musical jewels and the notorious scenes of explicit sex were not exciting either. I even presume they were introduced to capture the attention of media, critics and viewers, since there was nothing else to offer.As far as plot is concerned, i'm amazed that independent movies often showcase offbeat characters that apparently represent the alternative to what should be mainstream population that obediently works, mates and consumes while waiting for retirement. These are often unstable personalities with artistic tendencies who know better what life is about.In this sense, in the meeting of main characters the universes collide, though on a micro scale. The male lead has sort of career, while the main female cast member is some kind of connoisseur of art of living. It is unclear whether this kind of romance would last.It is true that in today's global world it is possible to meet the partner of your dreams in strangest places and under most curious circumstances. However, 9 Songs didn't bring that over in an interesting way. Composing a playlist with music videos, porn and documentaries would cause the similar effect as this movie.

Brandon Blackwell So exactly tell me the point of 9 songs? Besides the good music (the only reason I bumped it up a point) 9 songs consists of nothing but sex. That's right, it's basically a bad porno, and it has no message contained. It's quite sad how this is getting sundance reviews and everything, while it's nothing but porn. So I can't really rate anything at all because it's actually nothing but porn. Porn. I mean, if that's really want you to watch, fine by me. But on a rating of quality and meaning, it has none. So the question is, how many people are going to watch it after what I just said? I'm going to go with lots. 2/10.