![]() ![]() I don't think, even in adult love stories I want to see all the anatomical detail. I do wonder though, as I did with "Shortbus," what's coming next. It was something of an achievement to get this film past the censors but it clearly falls into the "Art" rather than "Pornography" category. I thought they were both pretty brave to do this and I hope it doesn't hurt their careers. ![]() Margo Stilley as Lisa plays her in an uncomplicated fashion. ![]() Matt is played by Kieran O'Brien, previously seen as Fitz's difficult teenage son in "Cracker", and he certainly meets the physical demands his role requires. It seems Matt and Lisa both like the stuff (they first meet there) and the songs kind of punctuate the relationship, but again, there is not a great deal of meaning. The 9 songs are mostly noisy rock numbers from bands playing in the cavernous Brixton Academy, though there is at least one decent Michael Nyman number. Matt is left only with a few warm memories. In fact we learn little about her except that she does rather like sex and doesn't have to fall hopelessly in love with someone to enjoy their body. Matt is a glaciologist who spends his time uncovering the secrets of the earth's past. There is a rather wistful atmosphere because with the opening scenes of a light plane flying low over the Antarctic wastes it is clear that Matt (Kieran O'Brien) is reflecting on the past, on his short affair with Lisa, a younger American woman in London. It's fairly gentle, loving sex, with a short foray into mild bondage at the end, but it is indisputably real sex. The film is only a little over 60 minutes so we get 30 minutes of music and 30 minutes of sex. One peculiar aspect of it is that the scenes of lovemaking are divided by songs (hence the title). This film is yet another example of Michael Winterbottom's versatility. ![]()
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