I opened the Kindle, checked вЂњAcknowledgements,вЂќ and damned if Uschi Obermaier isnвЂ™t right there. I read KeithвЂ™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. ThereвЂ™s no problem with Natalia AvelonвЂ™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 MГјnchen pimp. Uschi grows tired of the endless, pointless вЂњserious issues discussionsвЂќ and weed smoking, and thus she flies off to London for a party thrown by the Rolling Stones.ДЄfter 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.ДЄnd thus, Uschi embarks on a life of modeling and doing whatever the hell she wants. Seriously, sheвЂ™s really gorgeous and photogenic, and the rest of the freaks seem to have a phobia of combs and soap. Even more damnable, sheвЂ™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 donвЂ™t like her because she wears makeup and doesnвЂ™t seem earnest enough about solving the worldвЂ™s problems with sitar music. Long story short, Uschi stays there awhile. She has a fight with her mother, who discovers photos in UshiвЂ™s bedroom-topless, fashion shoot photos-and Uschi gets mad and hitchhikes away with her friend.ДЇorsooth 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 EarthвЂ™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 вЂњhell-bratвЂќ) is bored with her life, as are nearly all teenagers, and begins hanging out in clubs. вЂњEight Miles HighвЂќ is a German film telling the true, debaucherous adventures of Uschi Obermaier, an amazingly beautiful, stunningly self-obsessed girl living in late 1960вЂ™s suburban MГјnchen. However, Netflix lists it as вЂњEight Miles High,вЂќ so my silly imaginary game can continue with a clear conscience)

The good thing is that the filmвЂ™s American release title is вЂњEight Miles High.вЂќ I didnвЂ™t notice till after that the original German title is вЂњDas wilde LebenвЂќ (The Wild Life). (note: I chose to watch вЂњEight Miles High,вЂќ because it dawned on me that IвЂ™d watched movies with the number Eight in their title two consecutive nights.

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