In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Marcie Bolen
- Self
- (uncredited)
Huw Bunford
- Self - Super Furry Animals
- (uncredited)
Cian Ciaran
- Self - Super Furry Animals
- (uncredited)
The Dandy Warhols
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Elbow
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Franz Ferdinand
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Guy Garvey
- Self - Elbow
- (uncredited)
Bobby Gillespie
- Self - Primal Scream
- (uncredited)
Bob Hardy
- Self - Franz Ferdinand
- (uncredited)
Peter Hayes
- Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- (uncredited)
Dafydd Ieuan
- Self - Super Furry Animals)
- (uncredited)
Nick Jago
- Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- (uncredited)
Richard Jupp
- Self - Elbow
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley did not communicate with each other between filming so that their off-screen relationship would not affect the one they had on screen.
- Goofs(at around 11 mins) The boom mic momentarily drops down into the scene and pulls back up while Lisa asks "Do you think I look like a boy?"
- Crazy creditsThe opening title and the closing credits appear to be pieces of cut film or paper placed together to form the words.
- Alternate versionsUnrated Edited Version on DVD in USA removes the explicit sex, but it still too graphic for an R rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nip/Tuck: Liz Cruz (2006)
- SoundtracksWhatever Happened To My Rock and Roll
(Live)
Performed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been,
Nick Jago)
Composed by Peter Hayes / Robert Levon Been (as Robert Been) / Nick Jago (as Nicholas Jago)
© BRMC Music / WB Music Corp by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Courtesy of Virgin Records Limited / Virgin Records America, Inc
Featured review
Rock and Roll
When I saw Scorsese's "Last Waltz," I thought that I would never again see a concert film as true. And I haven't, until now.
The Band were the last popular musicians to tell stories, have nearly all those stories be in the third person and tell them without irony. To do this is impossible today, or at least non- commercial. Scorsese is a flawed filmmaker, his flaw being that he is overly invested in character-driven storytelling. The two: Band and Marty, were a perfect mix: cinematic rock. Pure, without that nightmare stew of MTV videos.
Now along comes Winterbottom. Nearly all viewers will be unable to accept a movie with sex in it as anything but a movie about sex. Shame on them. Confront it folks. That's his point: why is it so difficult to accept the difference?
But the hangups of the viewing public are less interesting to me than the way he constructed this experiment. It is a rock concert (with a Nyman interlude). Nine songs, with us participating in the songs themselves, participating in the going to the concerts to listen to the songs, and participating in the experience that the songs are about: namely obsessive sex. And also, remembering (or even inventing the memory of) the sex, drugs and rock and roll we've seen. This latter is done by our hero in Antarctica. He serves as narrator, by the way.
Thankfully, this intense sex avoids the theatrics of "Damage," and works to be as genuine as possible emotionally.
Is it a good movie? Could it change your life? Will it change cinema forever?
Probably yes.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
The Band were the last popular musicians to tell stories, have nearly all those stories be in the third person and tell them without irony. To do this is impossible today, or at least non- commercial. Scorsese is a flawed filmmaker, his flaw being that he is overly invested in character-driven storytelling. The two: Band and Marty, were a perfect mix: cinematic rock. Pure, without that nightmare stew of MTV videos.
Now along comes Winterbottom. Nearly all viewers will be unable to accept a movie with sex in it as anything but a movie about sex. Shame on them. Confront it folks. That's his point: why is it so difficult to accept the difference?
But the hangups of the viewing public are less interesting to me than the way he constructed this experiment. It is a rock concert (with a Nyman interlude). Nine songs, with us participating in the songs themselves, participating in the going to the concerts to listen to the songs, and participating in the experience that the songs are about: namely obsessive sex. And also, remembering (or even inventing the memory of) the sex, drugs and rock and roll we've seen. This latter is done by our hero in Antarctica. He serves as narrator, by the way.
Thankfully, this intense sex avoids the theatrics of "Damage," and works to be as genuine as possible emotionally.
Is it a good movie? Could it change your life? Will it change cinema forever?
Probably yes.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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- tedg
- Jul 9, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- £1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,853
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,457
- Jul 24, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $1,590,308
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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