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Drawing Restraint 9

Play trailer Drawing Restraint 9 2005,  2h 23m,  Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 48 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 48 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
In an experimental film, two Westerners (Matthew Barney, Björk) board a Japanese whaling vessel and don wedding clothing for a special ceremony. Meanwhile, the ship's crew constructs a mold for a lozenge-shaped symbol, and the captain regales the Westerners with tales of the ship's history.
Drawing Restraint 9

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Critics Consensus

Some of the images are striking, if confusing, but the film is unbearably slow and tedious.

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John Monaghan Detroit Free Press Sep 8, 2006
3/4
Drawing Restraint 9 belongs to an endangered species of experimental film that walks the line between challenging and alienating its audience. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Jul 8, 2006
3/5
Throughout, Barney drowns the screen in arresting images ... that nail your eyes to the screen. Go to Full Review
Bob Townsend Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 1, 2006
B-
Sitting through the film's tedious unfolding can be an interesting mental exercise. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog Jul 1, 2024
2.5/4
Drawing Restraint 9 is performance art as film: music--some quite irritating--is abundant, while dialogue is virtually non-existent. It's mostly a series of set pieces revolving around two "Occidental Guests" (Barney and Björk). Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Film4 Sep 25, 2007
A work as vast, monstrous, and mysteriously graceful as a whale. Go to Full Review
Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star Mar 9, 2007
3/4
Conventional storytelling may not be Barney's thing, but he has a superb cinematic eye, an incredible imagination and the wherewithal to make his visions happen. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Matthew Barney

Director

Matthew Barney

Occidental Guest

Björk

Occidental Guest

Susil Osoma

Actor

Yuta Fukunaga

Ambergris Procession

Akimi HamadaBathhouse

Attendant

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Movie Info

Synopsis In an experimental film, two Westerners (Matthew Barney, Björk) board a Japanese whaling vessel and don wedding clothing for a special ceremony. Meanwhile, the ship's crew constructs a mold for a lozenge-shaped symbol, and the captain regales the Westerners with tales of the ship's history.
Director
Matthew Barney
Producer
Matthew Barney, Barbara Gladstone
Screenwriter
Matthew Barney
Production Co
Restraint LLC
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 29, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$225.0K
Runtime
2h 23m
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