Drawing Restraint 9
Poster for Drawing Restraint 9
Directed by	Matthew Barney
Produced by	Mike Bellon Barbara Gladstone
Written by	Matthew Barney
Starring	Matthew Barney Björk Mayumi Miyata Shiro Nomura Tomoyuki Ogawa Sosui Oshima
Music by	Björk Akira Rabelais Valgeir Sigurðsson
Cinematography	Peter Strietmann
Editing by	Luis Alvarez y Alvarez Matthew Barney Christopher Seguine Peter Strietmann
Release date(s)	JPN - 2005-07-01 (premiere)  USA/Int'l - 2006-03-24
Running time	135 min.
Language	English/Japanese
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Shot in Nagasaki Bay, the film is set aboard the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru. On board is a vast sculpture of vaseline entitled "The Field", which continually transforms during the film, most representing the oceanic theme of the work. The lead characters, known as "The Occidental Guests", are played by Matthew's partner Björk and Matthew Barney himself. There is only one moment of dialogue within the 135-minute film — during the tea ceremony — which explains the history of the Nisshin Maru vessel. Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎市, Nagasaki-shi  , long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch. ... The 8,000-ton vessel Nisshin Maru is the largest ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. ... Petroleum jelly, vaseline, petrolatum or soft paraffin [3] is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons, originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. ... Look up Oceanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Occidental means generally western. It is a traditional designation (especially when capitalized) for anything belonging to the Occident or West — the western part of the classical world (Europe) and the New World, and especially of its society. ... Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( ) (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter and composer, as well as an occasional actress. ...

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Björk and was released on One Little Indian, July 25, 2005. It features the shō (Japanese mouth organ) playing of Mayumi Miyata. Drawing Restraint 9 is a music album created by Björk in collaboration with her boyfriend Matthew Barney for his film of the same title. ... One Little Indian Records is a record label set up by Derek Birkett (former bass player of Flux Of Pink Indians) and Sue Birkett in 1985, along with Tim Kelly (formar guitar player of Flux Of Pink Indians). ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shō (笙) is a Japanese free reed musical instrument that was introduced from China during the Nara period. ...

Drawing Restraint 9 premiered at the 62nd Venice Film Festival and was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2005. IFC Films acquired the U.S. theatrical rights to Drawing Restraint 9 and has distributed the film to screen in 18 cities across the U.S. in the fall of 2006. The Venice Film Festival (it: Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) is the oldest Film Festival in the World (began in the 1932) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ... Poster for the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival Box office at the Manulife Centre The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is widely considered to be one of the top film festivals in the world and is the premiere film festival in North America from which the Oscars race begins. ... IFC Films is an American film distribution company based in New York, owned by the Independent Film Channel. ...

See also

• Drawing Restraint 9 Soundtrack
• The Cremaster Cycle

Drawing Restraint 9 is a music album created by Björk in collaboration with her boyfriend Matthew Barney for his film of the same title. ... Cremaster (films) The Cremaster Cycle is a sequence of five films by Matthew Barney, entitled Cremaster 1 to Cremaster 5. ...

External links

• Drawing Restraint – Official website of the art series

• Drawing Restraint 9 at the Internet Movie Database

• Björk.com: Drawing Restraint 9 – The official Björk website for the film's soundtrack.

• Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint - Exhibition overview – Details of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's exhibitions of Drawing Restraint 1–14 that ran from June 23 through September 17, 2006.

• Drawing Restraint 9 - A Metaphorical Glossary by Peter Streitman

• Drawing Restraint Series Synopsis