Eight Miles High

Original title: Das wilde Leben

2007
Unrated
1h 54m

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6.3/10

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Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in... Read allUschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

3.1K

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- 2 wins & 5 nominations

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During the street riot scene following the arrest of the Kommune 1 members, an extra glances directly into the camera, notices it and vanishes quickly.

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Uschi Obermaier: In Paris that summer, the students wrote "Power to the imagination" on the walls. In San Francisco they danced in the streets, and fought for what had become their way of life. And I was at home in Sendling, a suburb of Munich. I felt I died a slow and never-ending death that day. The only thing that kept me alive was the music. Without that, I would have died. Or worse, I would have turned into my parents. But music alone wouldn't get me out of Senling. That much was clear to me. What I needed was a man. The wilder, the better.

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Tränen lügen nicht
Performed by Michael Holm
(Original title "Soleado")
Music: Ciro Dammicco / Bembo Baldan
Text: Maurizio Seymandi / Francesco Specchia / Alberto Salerno
German Text: Michael Holm
© 1974 by Belriver Edizioni Musicali, Milano
Rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe (outside the Baltic)
Edition Accord Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
with kind permission of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH

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I was there.

I will catch this film when it plays here in Chicago in August. I was in Kommune 1 for a couple of weeks in March of 1969. There were two residences - Rainer Langhans, Uschi Obermaier, Dieter Kunzelmann stayed in the larger of the two, a factory loft sort of place. I stayed in the other residence, a dozen or so people in one large room. I went there with a friend from Frankfurt who wanted to reconcile with his girlfriend, who had left him for Dieter Kunzelmann. His girlfriend was unreceptive and he split right away. I was welcome to stay on for a while and did. It was easy living. Everyone was nice, except grouchy Dieter. No star attitudes or pretensions. Both Rainer and Uschi were very grounded, not at all affected by their notoriety. I think that set the tone. I'll give this film a 10 just on its subject matter.