And even more nudity.For Garcia, it was immediately clear that the tune would need room to breathe. Das Wilde Leben), Directed by Ankim Bornhak, No MPAA rating, but probably R for lots of nudity (some artistic, some sexual), lots of sex, drugs, and some violence. The story it tells just happens to be centered around an unlikable protagonist. I opened the Kindle, checked “Acknowledgements,” and damned if Uschi Obermaier isn’t right there. I read Keith’s autobiography a month or two ago, and I remember a bit about a German model. One of the two men she ever really loved was Keith Richards. I know a lot of models are, but good Lord, I wanted somebody to smack her. She comes off as incredibly narcissistic. The problem is Uschi herself, at least as portrayed in the screenplay. Just for giggles, I looked up Uschi Obermaier on Google, and the resemblance between Avelon and Obermaier is seriously uncanny. There’s no problem with Natalia Avelon’s portrayal of Uschi-she is truly beautiful, and her acting was really quite good, especially considering she has to be naked for a third of the movie. She seems to have the moral convictions, tenderness, and loyalty of a rabid feral cat, but God love her, she sees the whole damn world.

with the Rolling Stones, and spends years on the road with a former München pimp.

Uschi grows tired of the endless, pointless “serious issues discussions” and weed smoking, and thus she flies off to London for a party thrown by the Rolling Stones.Īfter a couple weeks, she comes back to Kommune 1 long enough to collect her patchouli-reeking belongings, and the activists watch her famous, perky, well-traveled ass walk out of their hovel.Īnd thus, Uschi embarks on a life of modeling and doing whatever the hell she wants. Seriously, she’s really gorgeous and photogenic, and the rest of the freaks seem to have a phobia of combs and soap. Even more damnable, she’s mounting the head hippie protest guy, and-when they do get into an actual riot-all the newspaper pics show her. Many of the activist/hippies don’t like her because she wears makeup and doesn’t seem earnest enough about solving the world’s problems with sitar music. Long story short, Uschi stays there awhile. She has a fight with her mother, who discovers photos in Ushi’s bedroom-topless, fashion shoot photos-and Uschi gets mad and hitchhikes away with her friend.įorsooth and behold, a hippie-looking VW van picks the two girls up, and they end up in Kommune 1, a radical group of hippie-types who are going to solve Earth’s problems with bad conversations, worse leaflets, and even more horrible sitar music. He does, and she becomes a popular fashion model. One night, a photographer from Twen magazine sees her, and asks if he can photograph her. Uschi (pronounced “hell-brat”) is bored with her life, as are nearly all teenagers, and begins hanging out in clubs. “Eight Miles High” is a German film telling the true, debaucherous adventures of Uschi Obermaier, an amazingly beautiful, stunningly self-obsessed girl living in late 1960’s suburban München. However, Netflix lists it as “Eight Miles High,” so my silly imaginary game can continue with a clear conscience) The good thing is that the film’s American release title is “Eight Miles High.” I didn’t notice till after that the original German title is “Das wilde Leben” (The Wild Life). (note: I chose to watch “Eight Miles High,” because it dawned on me that I’d watched movies with the number Eight in their title two consecutive nights.

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