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.
Matt
Lisa
Himself - The Dandy Warhols (uncredited)
Himself - Franz Ferdinand (uncredited)
Himself - Elbow (uncredited)
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Himself - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (uncredited)
Himself - Super Furry Animals (uncredited)
Himself - The Von Bondies (uncredited)
Lisa is an exchange student in London. Her affair with Matt has the urgency of the ephemeral. They are enjoying an extended, unofficial honeymoon; we see them dancing, drinking beer, doing drugs, hanging out, having irrelevant conversations and, above all, going to rock shows (all nine of the titular songs are performed live) and having sex (Matt and Lisa have intercourse the same way they talk; ie, like real human beings as opposed to movie characters). There is generous nudity, and the sex is sometimes tentative and sometimes vigorous, and often uninhibited and experimental – as well as e...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000.00
Revenue $1,574,623.00