UB: Yeah, I really think they did a great job. Was it close to your real experience in India? I wanted to live the experiences in my own skin, it wasn’t enough for me to be told what it was, I had to experience it down to my own bones, to make a judgment for what I liked and didn’t like.īT: There are a few sections of the film, like the part in India, that are so beautifully shot.
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I didn’t think I wanted to be a rebel I just wanted to be free and do the things I wanted to do, without anyone hindering me. This was not a philosophy it was just feelings that came out of my gut. You were very independent and were not held down by ideas that existed before you. Even me wearing a mini skirt was very rebellious.īT: As a woman, you were very far ahead of your time. But you have to consider that at our time, everything we did was absolutely brand new, everything was revolutionary, from the political, the fashion, the music. UB: Oh yeah, of course, they were much more daring, and now they got a bit more mainstream. Then they got the original screenwriter back on, and then the whole thing worked.īT: When you look back at your time, and you look at the present time, as far as art, do you think the artists of your era were braver, as far as being independent and trying to explore new ideas? But as soon as Achim Bornhak came in as the director the whole thing turned for the better. Actually it took such a long time, and I got so discouraged because they never got the script down to the essence where I was happy with it. I met the staff and crew, but never saw it being filmed.īT: How much did you communicate with the director? Actually, I went to India because I wanted to watch the shooting, but everything got delayed. I think that says a lot about it.īT: Were you also present during the shooting of the film? UB: Well, she came to visit me, and she studied me, and we are still friends. But generally, overall, I think they did a really good job. I think she was doing a great job, but there were little things that probably no one who is having a film being made about themselves will ever be completely happy about. But when I met her for the first time – and she was actually the only actress they sent, I think it took over a year for casting in the German speaking countries – and when I saw her, I immediately thought ‘well, I can see that’. UB: Well, you know, I think it is really difficult for one to accept someone else to play you, because no one is exactly the way that you are. I think that the film transports the atmosphere of that time very well.īT: What do you think about Natalia, the actress who played you? I knew that it was a movie, and not tit for tat, but the essence is important. By that time you don’t really feel anything surprising, especially because I had approval of the script. It took eight years to really get it to the point in which the script was alright. How do you feel about the film, being that it is about your own life? Is it very similar to your own experiences? She now lives in Los Angeles and works as a jewelry designer.īijan Tehrani: I watched “ Eight Miles High” and found it to be an extraordinary film. “ High Times”, was published in 2007 and stayed on the German bestseller lists for 25 consecutive weeks. Her relationship with Dieter Bockhorn began in 1973 until his death from a motorcycle accident in 1984. She supported the film project of Eight Miles High, authorized the script, consulted with lead actress Natalia Avelon, and visited the set location in India. Munich-born Uschi Obermaier celebrated her 60th birthday in September of 2006. This is one woman’s story about the discovery of freedom and the price one must ultimately pay to achieve it. The film tracks her restless life from a small town girl in rural Bavaria to a fast-living fashion icon in Munich from free-loving companion of the Rolling Stones to ultimately becoming the embodiment of the 60’s generation of sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll. Eight Miles High tells the incredible true story of European wild-child Uschi Obermaier.
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