Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.
Sound
Live footage of Franz Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhols.
Direction
Winterbottom's radical formal experiment: porn structure, arthouse skin.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Kieran O'Brien
Matt
Margo Stilley
Lisa
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Himself - The Dandy Warhols (uncredited)
Alex Kapranos
Himself - Franz Ferdinand (uncredited)
Guy Garvey
Himself - Elbow (uncredited)
Robert Levon Been
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Peter Hayes
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Gruff Rhys
Himself - Super Furry Animals (uncredited)
Michael Nyman
Himself (uncredited)
Bobby Gillespie
Himself - Primal Scream (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Margo Stilley initially tried to have her name removed from the film due to media backlash; she later reclaimed it as a feminist statement about bodily autonomy.
Winterbottom conceived this as a direct response to 'Intimacy' (2001) — wondering if explicit sex could feel emotionally revealing rather than just mechanical.
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