Tiptoe International

“Until Voices Wake Us”

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:36:48 +0000

On loan from Masu-Masu Antifilm. Phillip Duncan directed and produced this this silent film in Seattle in April 2005 with the help of Kayobi Tierney who shot the photos and did the make-up and costumes. The film is almost entirely comprised of still photos (over 10,000). Phillip did the music along with Doo Crowder (Dinnermints, Pee Pee). It’s the story of a girl lost in the woods and the creatures she meets there…sort of a fairytale… Definitely NSFW.

A very merry unbirthday party

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:56:54 +0000

So I wanted to invite y’all to the very merry unbirthday party. It’ll be at “Max and Moritz” (Oranianstr. 162) “Eine Geburstagsparty für alle mit Theater/Kabarett/Musik/Literatur/Movieokee/Jeder-DJ”
20:00 o’clock. Maybe Thorsten and I will be down podcasting it. www.theatrevolution.com

First we take Berlin Episode 6

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:29:35 +0000

We explore a few more sights of beautiful Moabit. At first we’re at the Meilenwerk and take a look at fancy sportscars. Other stops include the famous prison and the Kufa which is (not only) a great bar.

“Lunik” is released on DVD this week!

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:57:16 +0000

It’s official! Lunik’s DVD release was this week and should be available where ever fine german DVD’s are sold. You can get it on amazon or at the german film label’s “Schiess Doch Filme website.” Lunik was written and directed by Gilbert Beronneau. It’s a story about utopism and family disfunction. It all takes place in the delapitated Hotel Lunik in Eisenhüttenstadt. It stars David Fischer, Anna Maria Mühe, and Thorsten Merten. The DVD contains lots of extra’s and bonus material. I was the editor and a producer on the film and wanted to help get the word out. Special thanks to Spirit Filmproduction, Weltfilm and the Berlin Brandenburg Medienboard for making it possible.

First We Take Berlin Episode 5

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:20:50 +0000

We take a tour through the Hauptbahnhof in Moabit in Episode 005. Daniel gives valuable advice on budget travel with public transport. We also show one of Berlin’s biggest and best museums, the Hamburger Bahnhof.

Welcome to the new Blog!

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Hi everyone,
And so the blog did begin! Things might get a bit ugly as I try to setup the site and get the blog going. Hang in there. Feel free to post stuff.
-Daniel

First we take Berlin Episode 4

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:58:04 +0000

This is the second part of our excursion to the Berlinale. Please welcome our camera intern Michelle who helped out shooting Episode 004. This time there was quite a ruckus as the celebs finally arrived at Berlin. We got lucky and were able to do a quick interview with german actor Daniel Stadelhober.

First we take Berlin Episode 3

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:04:26 +0000

For Episode 003 we went to the Berlinale at Potsdamer Platz. Since there was not so much going on we hung out at the mall, the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden. But that’s not all, later we managed to sneak into some Berlinale party.

First we take Berlin Episode 2

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:15:46 +0000

Episode 002 is now online. We continue our tour through Wedding and show you the Gesundbrunnen Center which is Wedding’s biggest mall. Also Thorsten will review one of his favorite games, the japanese shoot-em-up Ibara for the PS2.

First we take Berlin Episode 1

admin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:23:42 +0000

Welcome to ‘First We Take Berlin’ the new Berlin video podcast. Episode 001 is out and we hope you like it. We start off with a small tour through Wedding an old working class district which is also the home of Thorsten. We plan to show all the different and diverse areas of Berlin in the future. But basically there are no rules. Everything can and will happen in ‘First We Take Berlin’.

Mund zu Mund (Mouth to Mouth) Intro

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:25:48 +0000

Doug Blankenship introduces the next tiptoe film, Mund zu Mund to be shot in Germany one day.

Pooh Bear Crisis

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 22:06:20 +0000

It’s another Ribeye music video, this time It’s a loving look at the Stockholm syndrome through the eyes of the splendid German actress Antje Schmiele. The Video deals with a hostage crisis in three different time frames, the song itself being one, the visuals happening a few days later, and textual epilogue concerning the immediate aftermath. Perhaps a bit much for a song that most people hate. But we here at Tiptoe think it’s quite hum-able. Oh yes, the epilogue was most certainly inspired by “Mother Küster’s goes to Heaven.” And truth be told, the footage itself is actually made up of outtakes from another German film “The Insurance” by Jens Roth. That Daniel shot. All apologies. But we love her.

Wet Money

admin — Sun, 04 May 2003 16:08:55 +0000

Another classic case of a video which has nothing to do with the song. The song itself by Caleb Fraid concerns his disgust as a cashier receiving sweaty money from people’s back pockets, since we here at Tiptoe hardly ever have any money, we found this theme hard to relate to. We thought it’s time for yet another video about delusion, disappointment, and loneliness. So we decided to call Mr. Tischler! He is the one guy we know who will eat paper and get naked for us without batting an eyelash.

Scorpio sitting still

admin — Fri, 02 May 2003 23:41:38 +0000

This is a music video by the Texas Lo-Fi band, Ribeye, Which includes one of Mr. Tischler’s most inspired performances as both a Wal-Mart shopping cart wrangler and victim of a horrible intrusion. Though chosen completely at random, we here at Tiptoe have been assured by Astrological experts that our depictions of the various star signs are dead on. So we will trust in that.

There is no tunnel of light… (Or the two minutes I spent clinically dead.)

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:27:37 +0000

The first thing I must absolutely stress before you watch this film is PAY ATTENTION! This film is only two minutes long and so you might miss something.Pay attention!You probably won’t understand the situation until after a second or third viewing.But I believe it may be worth to you.There is an aesthetic and overall psychological effect we are attempting to acheive but that will all be lost if you don’t pay attention.SO PAY ATTENTION! Alright,so I guess I’ve ranted and raved long enough about that.I would be very amiss if I did not mention in this intro the brilliant performance of Amelia Bedelia Star Stritzel III.In its noirish aspects,I think it equals some of Barbara Stanwyck’s f inest work and as far as the quality of its camp value I think one would have to troll around in some of Paul Morrissey’s old films to find its equal. And…Oh yes, Alex Meister is also quite fine as a corpse.

It’s all true

admin — Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:11:20 +0000

It must be said up front that this film is an extremist right-wing fantasia.It will not be everyone’s cup of tea.It is highly offensive to most of the major religions of the world, If not freedom-loving people everywhere.This is why I believe this film will appeal greatly to the majority of the American market and will eventually earn us millions If not a talk show on Fox News discussing the film world and the culture in general. Daniel and I have been debating what to call our talk show. He thinks Stuff Happens would make a good title. I think Culture Warriors Tonight would be better.What do you think? Anyway,this film is no more immoral than any love story which is really what this film is at the end of the day. We would like to dedicate this film to the memory of Theo Van Gogh.

Famous Last Chances

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 1998 05:09:52 +0000

To understand what “Famous Last Chances” is about, it is perhaps best to first look at the alternative titles the filmmakers had considered: “Three Men in a Boat”, (already taken), “The Isolationists”, “Never a Kiss When a Kick Will Do”, My Memory’s a Hydra”, and “When Masturbation Fails Us”.
Duncan and Scheimberg with no money, no time, no script, and with one barely working camera, have tried to create a poetic look at loneliness in America. And by poetic I mean desperate, sad, cruel, and funny and by loneliness, I mean total self-absorption and rampant solipsism, and by America, I mean, everywhere. People will, more than likely, not relate to this film. They will feel infinitely superior to the trashy losers, mama’s boys, and genuinely evil mind-fuckers that populate this film. So… that’s something. It’s a start… Right?