9 Songs was an honest attempt by Winterbottom to examine a relationship which is purely based on physical attraction. And the means he employed was at once obvious and quite unique: sex. He wasn't totally successful, because ultimately characters were required to channel their emotions through their "body language," and he didn't quite have the actors to do so, which is what, say, Chereau (Intimacy) and Tsai (The Wayward Cloud) had. But still, the film eventually did develop an emotional resonance. And as is the case with most Winterbottom films, it was technically brilliant. (I also shouldn't forget the music.)