9 Songs
2 lovers, one summer, and the 9 songs that defined them.
Country
Production
Budget
$1 000 000
Box office
$1 574 623
Director
Actors
Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Alex Kapranos, Guy Garvey, Robert Levon Been, Peter Hayes, Gruff Rhys, Jason Stollsteimer, Marcie Bolen
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Marcel Zyskind
Composer
Artist
Audition
Steve Daly, Julie Dunne
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Margo Still did not want her name to appear in the film's credits and asked the director to replace it with the name of her character – Lisa.
- This is the first British film with strong sexual content to be recognized as part of the mainstream, rather than a specialized, film circuit.
- It is also the first film bordering on pornography to be released legally in Irish cinemas.
- The film was shot entirely on a digital video camera.
- During the filming of the intimate scenes, Michael Winterbottom removed all crew members from the set, leaving only the most essential personnel – the cinematographer and sound engineer.
- Kieran O’Brien and Margo Still did not communicate with each other during the filming of the movie.
- The film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival was accompanied by a loud scandal – many considered '9 Songs' to be outright pornography.
- Margot Stillie did not want her name to appear in the film's credits and asked the director to replace her name with the name of her character, Liza.
- During the filming of bed scenes, director Michael Winterbottom removed the entire crew from the set, except for essential personnel—the cinematographer and the sound engineer.
- Kieran O'Brien and Margot Stilley did not speak to each other during the filming of the movie.
- The film is banned from distribution in the Republic of Belarus.
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