| What explicit sex? |
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| written by LHeck |
March 10, 2008 - 6:40 PM PDT |
I saw no explicit sex and I really don't think it would make a difference to me except that if the director shot it and wished it to be seen as part of the film, Greencine should be renting that cut. If they are offering only an edited "softened" cut, please note that.
The only element that is worthwhile in this film is the music.
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| Disappointing |
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| written by 4399255 |
August 4, 2006 - 2:37 PM PDT |
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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It's not just that the filmmaker stinted on characterization -- he did -- but that he stinted on just about anything that would make us care about these people and their relationship. What was attractive to these people about each other, if in fact they were attracted to each other. It was impossible to tell. The Kieran O'Brien character, in the voice-over, talked about their deep love for each other, but I didn't see it in how they interacted.
I agree that the film proves that explicit sex in a film doesn't have to be pornographic. It also proves that explicit sex in a film doesn't necessarily reveal anything about character or story.
The bands were good. I wish the film had been more engaging emotionally. |
| Sex, Drugs, and Michael Nyman |
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| written by talltale |
December 7, 2005 - 6:27 AM PST |
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10 out of 10 members found this review helpful
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NINE SONGS is an eye-opener, all right. Anything hard-core that receives a legit theatrical release usually is. And while I am a big Michael Winterbottom fan, I think he miscalculated here by stinting on the story and characterization and going heavier on the sex scenes. Unless he is telling us that sex (and drugs and music) is all this couple really had or perhaps that sex is what so many (too many?) young couples care most about, why can't we know more about these two? What would we (or the movie) lose? The film lasts only 71 minutes, so a longer running time and more characterization could easily have been included, unless Winterbottom was in too big a rush (and the fellow does manage to direct his films rather speedily).
That said, the two actors do a fine job of fucking (and just about everything else in the sexual book). Kieran O'Brien is most impressive, acting-wise and in his physical endowment (I just learned, via the imdb, that he was the little boy in 1987's wonderful "Bellman and True"!). Margo Stilley, boyish as she may be, is both hot and cool--a winning combination. I hope we will see these two again, under any circumstances. While this is a very sensual movie, and it does prove that full-out, on-screen sex acts need not be pornographic, I suspect it could have offered quite a bit more. Michael Nyman's musical score (and solo bit at the piano) is simply gorgeous. Is there any film composer alive whose work (see Winterbottom's "Wonderland" for further corroboration) sounds more beautiful or sad? |
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