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9 Songs

DVD Unrated Edition More Info Unrated & Uncut Region Code: 1 UPC: 842498020074 Catalog #: DV2197542 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), English DTS 5.1, Spanish subtitles	In stock and ready to ship	$20.99 (8% off) List Price: ~~$22.99~~
Blu-ray Director's Cut More Info Director's Cut Close Caption: Yes UPC: 842498000182 Catalog #: DB2197549 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), English DTS 5.1, Spanish subtitles	In stock and ready to ship	$22.49 (10% off) List Price: ~~$24.99~~

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Skinopsis

In the uncut version we sell, the film features explicit sex with male and female nudity and cum shots.

3 Reasons To buy this film

It's the first film to intercut between a live performance by Franz Ferdinand and hardcore sex.
It's the first film to intercut between a live performance by The Dandy Warhols and hardcore sex.
It's the first film to intercut between a live performance by Primal Scream and hardcore sex.

Review

With a sweeping view of the vast Antarctic landscape, Michael Winterbottom’s controversial 9 Songs immediately establishes the fated sense of isolation felt by the central character, Matt (Kieran O’Brien). His surroundings, however, serve only as a symbol of remoteness and pain. The aching in his heart — Matt soon reveals — stems from his loss of Lisa (Margot Stilley), a 21-year-old siren with whom he recently traversed an intensely sexual and emotional affair.

Flashing back to a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show in London, the origin of Matt and Lisa’s connection is revealed. A stylistic triumph, each stage of their developing and simmering affair is told with a corresponding performance (explaining the title) by various bands such as Franz Ferdinand, The Von Bondies and The Dandy Warhols. Not just reaffirming the actions of the primary characters, each song — too — helps to fill in the gaps and tell a more intuitive part of the story. Also as powerful — and what the film is primarily known for — are the elicit, unsimulated sex scenes. Not just a gratuitous or a gimmick, the sexual content is actually quite crucial as the filmmaker clearly believes that only through these extremely vulnerable exchanges that Matt and Lisa reveal themselves to one another, and to the audience.

With remarkable performances by the two primaries, and an impressive guerilla-like camera work from cinematographer Marcel Zyskind (a former camera operator for Lars von Trier), 9 Songs offers a new, and unflinching glimpse into the intense intimacy two people can share. Though it has earned its “controversial” badge, it is surely an accomplishment for courageous and unfettered cinema.

Product Format Information

DVD : $20.99 (Unrated & Uncut)

Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Region Code: 1
UPC: 842498020074
Catalog #: DV2197542

Studio : Tartan Video

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , English DTS 5.1 , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 1.85
Extras: Trailers
Features:
Chapter selection
Digitally mastered
Interview(s): Director Michael Winterbottom
Interview(s): Margo Stilley
Interview(s): Kieran O'Brien
Featurette: Bonus footage of the bands
Concert performance only option