John Howard's Australia's 1950s-style parochialism and prudery strikes again, as
Michael Winterbottom's latest film receives an X rating, preventing it from being shown in cinemas or made available except in the ACT. The film,
9 Songs, involves a couple attending live music gigs, before repeatedly having sex; Winterbottom (who also did
24 Hour Party People) made it as a statement against prudery. I guess such statements have no place in Relaxed and Comfortable Australia.