Cinema Bizarre - November 2008 Video Interview (Part 1) on cinemabizarre-strify.de
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Video Interview - Part 1
November 2008 (shot in Berlin on December 5, 2008)
[Translation © eurydike | Thanks to Mel, Sina and Strify]
Are there words you think are really bad?
This question probably relates to swear words, right, but I can't think of any right now. I actually love swear words, I generally love cursing, but when I come to think of it: The word "zart" doesn't do its meaning justice, because its pronounciation is quite hard and it goes "zarrrt". And I like it much better in English, like "tender" or "soft". That's much more beautiful, I think. But otherwise... Swear words are cool. F***, h***, n*** ... oops, now, these were bad words... bad boy.
What do you find disgusting?
I was actually never really disgusted by anything. Sure, there are a few things I certainly don't enjoy that much, but I think I have more of a fetish for smells. If something smells unpleasantly, it's extremely disgusting, like when something gets mouldy. I also have a problem with cigarette smell. If someone, especially when it's cold I find it really disgusting, if someone's smoking. It immediately reeks of smoke and I always bitch at smokers. Smokers never understand when non-smokers don't like smoke. I mean, I don't have anything against smokers, but they shouldn't blow the fucking smoke right into my face, that would make me happy. Thanks, Kiro.
What technical invention do you hope for in the years to come?
Technical modernisation, technical modernisation... My favourite toy at the moment is the iPhone. That's the most recent technical modernisation I found wonderful, but other than that... someone who does the cleaning, something that does the cleaning. I mean, you can always pay people (to do it for you), but I don't know, maybe they would nick something from your place, I dunno, but no, I can't think of anything right now. A dildo... that operates without batteries.
What do you admire your fellow band members and yourself for?
What do I admire my band members for? Each one of them has his spleens and each one has his traits, but in the end we are all very good friends. And when I think about what their specific skills are, then I have to give some thought to what I admire most, even though we spend so much time together, I cannot specify anything in a rush, because that's all much too personal and intimate, I can't really tell.
And what about you?
I admire myself most for... That would be too arrogant, I won't answer that.
Do you have posters on your walls? Which ones?
I haven't had any posters anymore for a long time, my poster time is long over. I had the last posters five years ago when I still lived at home.
Before, in the past I had some: all sorts of. Madonna, Britney, Manga. I had Angel's Sanctuary posters and X posters and NANA posters and Miyavi posters and Gackt posters and Johnny Depp posters and a lot of Tim Burton posters. On my door, I had a really big Corpse Bride wallpaper hanging from top to bottom.
Where does your motto derive from?
"You can't take my passion from me" is not really my motto. Actually, my motto changes all the time, because I don't really have one to live by. I just have the feeling that I should do what I think is right and my passion is part of this. And the quotation as such is my own, I came up with it, I didn't take it from a song or from a film. I think passion is the most important thing in life. I cannot do anything that I am forced to do, under compulsion, I definitely can't make it. Pressure is something else, but there still has to be passion and I must be committed to something in order to do it. Passion is always a good drive.
What was the funniest moment on your last tour?
The funniest moment on our last tour. There were so many funny moments. Wait, where have we actually been... the tour was so scattered, that's why I can't really map it all out. What has really been funny? Once I think, well, that wasn't on the last tour, that was in February or January already when we were in Salzburg, that was damn funny. Kiro was in a very bad mood in the morning because he had just got up and was looking for a showers allover the venue and didn't find them. And suddenly, he stood in the room wearing huge sun glasses and said: "Where are the f**ing showers, all I can find are the toilets!". And we were all quite bewildered and thought 'What's going on now?', because he said it in a really funny tone. That's a moment that is really stuck to my memory because it was so damn funny.
What pets did you keep so far?
When I was 12, I had a dwarf rabbit that I originally called "Bunny". It was black and had a white belly and a female friend of mine always called it 'crippled' because it had some sort of tumor on the belly and unfortunately died pretty soon, but I really adored it. Other than that, I had two canaries, yes, totally boring, but my grandma had handed them down to me. One of them was called Yvonne, but don't ask me why I called it Yvonne, by now I think Yvonne is terrible, but back then I thought it's the most beautiful name in the world. I definitely wouldn't call a bird Yvonne anymore. Funny thing was that the bird was called"Hansi" before because my grandma thought it was male until we found out it's female. And the other bird was called "Mickey" because I used to be a fan of Mickey Mouse back then. At the moment, I would really like to have a dog, but I unfortunately don't have time for it, I would so love to have a really cool pug. (laughs) Or a French bulldog. Yes, when I say pugs, everybody's laughing, but it is - I'm not talking about tits [Translator's note: In German, people often refer to tits as "Möpse", "pugs".], I mean a dog, pug. The little ones everybody finds ugly. I think they are the most beautiful dogs in the world.
[Continued in Part 2]