Reality 2.0

August, 2005

One Brit, eight rock bands, 69 minutes of digital video and one nubile American actress are obliterating a century of cinematic sexual conventions. 9 Songs, an unrated film directed by Michael Winterbottom (Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People), chroniclesan affair between an English glaciologist and an American exchange student in London. The film features scenes of real sex, bookended by footage of such bands as Franz Ferdinand and Primal Scream from concerts the couple attends. To make a...

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