{"id":4634,"date":"2016-01-16T17:31:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berlin030.de\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2016-01-16T17:31:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:31:51","slug":"drogen-sind-gar-nicht-das-thema-interview-mit-moritz-bleibtreu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlin030.de\/en\/2016\/01\/16\/drogen-sind-gar-nicht-das-thema-interview-mit-moritz-bleibtreu\/","title":{"rendered":"Moritz Bleibtreu in Interview: \u201cDrugs aren’t the issue at all.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMoritz Bleibtreu was born in 1971 to Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner. He became popular in the late 90s through films such as \u201cKnockin\u2019 on Heaven\u2019s Door\u201d, \u201cRun Lola Run\u201d, \u201cThe Experiment\u201d, and the cult comedy \u201cLammbock\u201d. His versatile range of roles extends from playing an RAF terrorist in \u201cThe Baader Meinhof Complex\u201d to Joseph Goebbels in \u201cJew S\u00fcss \u2013 Film Without Conscience\u201d. Hollywood also took notice of the actor. Whether in Steven Spielberg\u2019s political drama \u201cMunich\u201d or action films like \u201cSpeed Racer\u201d or \u201cWorld War Z\u201d with Brad Pitt. Now, Bleibtreu stars as a driven, high-powered lawyer in \u201cThe Dark Side of the Moon\u201d, based on the bestseller by Martin Suter, which is being released in cinemas. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tMr Bleibtreu, what is the special quality of Moritz Bleibtreu?<\/strong>
\n\tSpecial quality? I really don\u2019t know\u2026\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cLammbock\u201d director Christian Z\u00fcbert says it\u2019s your down-to-earth attitude?<\/strong>
\n\tDown-to-earth, I like that. It\u2019s better than constantly falling over or losing touch. (Laughs)\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYou filmed \u201cLammbock\u201d, a stoner comedy that is still a cult classic even after thirteen years, with its lines still being celebrated online. What\u2019s the coolest line for you?<\/strong>
\n\tThat is extremely hard to say\u2026\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the famous \u201cLammbock\u201d dialogues is a somewhat suggestive line in which Mehmet Scholl is mentioned\u2014a line that other players are said to have teased him about\u2026<\/strong>
\n\tI<\/b>did ask Mehmet at the time for permission to do it. He agreed, although he wasn\u2019t entirely sure how the line would go. Trying to wind him up with it is utter nonsense\u2014anyone who does that really hasn\u2019t understood \u201cLammbock\u201d at all. We really created a monument to Mehmet with it. The whole film is a tribute to Scholl.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWas the stoner comedy a preparation for the drug sequences in \u201cThe Dark Side of the Moon\u201d?<\/strong>
\n\tDrugs aren\u2019t the issue at all in this film. They\u2019re just the triggers that show how fragile the human brain can be\u2014and how quickly a balance can be thrown and abysses open up. It\u2019s completely irrelevant whether this happens through the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms or through a traumatic experience. It can all happen surprisingly quickly, that we stray from familiar paths and suddenly do things we never would have imagined.\n<\/p>\n

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Moritz Bleibtreu and Lucas Gregorowicz in the stoner comedy \u00bbLammbock\u00ab – \u00a9 Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMetaphors aside\u2014how do you play a horror trip and make it believable?<\/strong>
\n\tI\u2019ve never had any personal experience with hallucinogenic drugs, it\u2019s completely alien to me. Acting is precisely about portraying things as convincingly as possible that one has never experienced. I don\u2019t think you need personal overlap with a character in order to find truth. Truth always comes from within, and that\u2019s what you have to find\u2014which is why I don\u2019t believe in so-called \u201cmethod acting\u201d. 99 percent of my work is based on imagination.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019ve played terrorists, cancer patients and propaganda ministers\u2014any dream roles left?<\/strong>
\n\tA completely bonkers transvestite is still missing from my collection! (Laughs). I don\u2019t really think in those categories, I still feel as if I\u2019m just starting out in my work. Everything that\u2019s behind me is the past. And what the future brings is a huge field for me\u2014just as vast and uncharted as I felt when I was 19. In that sense, my career is only just beginning!\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWould a \u201cTatort\u201d inspector be conceivable in this vast field?<\/strong>
\n\t\u201cTatort\u201d doesn\u2019t appeal to me. There are already so many colleagues playing inspectors and they all do it so well that they don\u2019t need me.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019ve shot with Spielberg and with Brad Pitt. Don\u2019t you fancy a bit more Hollywood?<\/strong>
\n\tThose aren\u2019t decisions one can make oneself. If you\u2019re lucky enough to be offered something over there, who would say no if the films sound convincing? And anyway, over the past 15 years I\u2019ve constantly been working abroad\u2014almost every German film of mine is matched by an international production. Loads of my colleagues have had similar experiences, though that\u2019s not always recognised here in Germany.

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Moritz Bleibtreu in his latest film The Dark Side of the Moon. \u00a9 Alamode Film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there a perfect scene in your career you\u2019re absolutely proud of?<\/strong>
\n\tNo, I can\u2019t judge myself, others have to do that. In my experience, your own perspective is often completely different to how the audience sees things. There are scenes I really liked, for which I got pelted with tomatoes. Conversely, there are sequences I found terribly dull that were met with great acclaim. All I can do in front of the camera is give my best\u2014what viewers make of it is out of my hands.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMartin Suter\u2019s novels almost always hit the bestseller lists. What makes this author so special?<\/strong>
\n\tSuter has a brilliant talent for describing the human inner world in a fascinating way. His stories take place in settings that most readers don\u2019t know\u2014and this combination makes his novels an extremely exciting experience.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA key theme in the film is the forest\u2014what does that mean to you?<\/strong>
\n\tThe forest is a very archetypal symbol, especially in German culture. Forests are scary and beautiful at the same time\u2014such a mix is truly unique. How quickly the atmosphere in a forest can shift is something we noticed a lot while filming: in the morning, certain spots would have made great locations for an idyllic advert, and by afternoon, they could be the perfect backdrop for a Dracula film.\n<\/p>\n

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