Movie: 9 Songs Year: 2004
Director: Micheal Winterbottom
Language: English
Synopsis:As a story the story can be summarized in what is the oldest modern day love story ever. Man meets woman. They fall in love. They enjoy their time together. Then they fall apart and she walks away. But wait if it were that simple why would I be writing it as one of my favourite movies and that too given its in English and I don’t write about Hollywood and Bollywood movies. The beauty of the movie is the fact that each phase of the relationship Matt goes to a concert and the songs actually fit into the current stage of the relationship. Very emotion is expressed in songs which are predominantly rock but some are classical pieces. But each song tells a story. The dialogues in the movie are minimal but the story is complete. The songs in chronological order are
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Whatever Happened to My Rock and Roll"
The Von Bondies, "C'mon, C'mon""
Elbow, "Fallen Angel"
Primal Scream, "Movin' On Up"
Dandy Warhols, "You Were the Last High"
Super Furry Animals, "Slow Life"
Franz Ferdinand, "Jacqueline"
Michael Nyman, "Debbie"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Love Burns"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Whatever Happened to My Rock and Roll"
The Von Bondies, "C'mon, C'mon""
Elbow, "Fallen Angel"
Primal Scream, "Movin' On Up"
Dandy Warhols, "You Were the Last High"
Super Furry Animals, "Slow Life"
Franz Ferdinand, "Jacqueline"
Michael Nyman, "Debbie"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Love Burns"
My own take: Well I can imagine why this movie has been given the highest possible adult rating in all countries for being the most sexually explicit movie. There have been times when people have tried seeing this movie and come back saying that its nothing more than endless scenes of lovemaking often in the same room. I hence would like to warn viewers that if that disturbs you please don’t venture to watch this movie. The movie actually keeps changing the narrative from present to past and shows the story from Matt’s point of view. There is a reference to his climatology study in Antarctica and that voice in the background mingles with the story of the love lost in that fateful summer. The music only adds up to the build up and I find the usage fantastic. If there has been a time in your life when you had love flowing freely into your life and u fooled yourself to believe that the world owed it to you. And then when the feeling evaporated you tried real hard to get back the vapor slipping from your palm without losing your perceived ego. You know what I mean. Serious watch. Depressing but thought provoking and a different way to tell a story
