Doppelherz (film)

This article is about the film

• for the song see Doppelherz (song)

Doppelherz
Film by Marilyn Manson
Directed by	Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Nicole McDonald
Produced by	Marilyn Manson, Gottfried Helnwein
Written by	Marilyn Manson
Narrated by	Marilyn Manson
Starring	Marilyn Manson, Dita Von Teese, Tim Skold, Stephen Bier, John 5, Ginger Fish
Music by	Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold
Release date	May 13, 2003
Running time	26:06
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb	View at IMDb

Doppelherz is a twenty-five minute short film directed by Marilyn Manson in 2003, using music composed a year prior, in 2002. The name Doppelherz is German for "double-heart". The DVD comes with the original pressings of Marilyn Manson's 2003 album, The Golden Age of Grotesque, released on May 13, 2003. This pressing of the album is now out of print, and the film has yet to see standalone release.

Lyrics

    My pilot light has flickered out
    You've knocked me off the hook
    The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
    I'm not really tall, dark and handsome
    I just look that way
    I'm a canvas that bleeds
    And I'm painted with fingers
    Childish pictures
    Of you that still linger
    Bury you're wasted into the moon
    Hoping that it sinks to the earth soon
    Bury you're wasted into the moon
    I hope that it sinks into the earth soon
    
    My pilot light has flickered out
    You've knocked me off the hook
    The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
    I'm a canvas that bleeds
    And I'm painted with fingers
    Childish pictures of you that still linger
    I am a VCR
    A funeral of dead memory waste
    I'm a VCR
    A funeral of dead memory waste
    You can see it on my face
    I'm a VCR funeral
    Of dead memory waste
    You can see it on my face
    My smile is a chain link fence
    I dare not frown
    For fear of what comes out
    My smile is a chain link fence
    And I dare not frown for fear of what comes out
    
    Sing a song kitty
    Sing it
    Sing it kitty
    Sing it
    Some people don't think that Lily
    Is smart enough to understand what I'm thinking
    But I know if she could she would kill
    Everybody that I hate, 'cause she loves me
    'Cause I took care of her since she was a little baby
    
    I am a VCR funeral of dead memory waste
    You can see it in my face
    As drink crawls down the esophagus staircase
    Into my bowels of hell
    Naked like clown faces all smeared clean
    Naked like clown faces all smeared clean in the spotlight
    Naked like clown faces all smeared clean in the spotlight
    
    I'm a VCR funeral of dead memory waste you can see it on my face
    Dead memory waste
    
    Kill me, kill everyone, you can let them all die
    The only thing in this world that does not die is money
    You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
    The only thing in this world that does not die is money
    You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
    The only thing immortal in this world is money
    You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everything die
    The only thing immortal in this world is money
    The only thing immoral in this world is money
    The only thing oral in this world is money
    The only thing in this is money
    The only thing is me
    The
    Me
    Thee
    The only thing immortal in this world is money
    The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
    You have knocked me off the hook
    The person you are trying to reach is no longer here
    You have knocked me off the hook
    
    You are afraid that you are no equal
    While you are spending my money
    You are afraid you are no equal while you are spending my money
    You can kill me, you can kill them, you can let everyone die
    The only thing immortal in this world is money
    Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
    You think you're not equal while you're spending my money
    Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
    Why would I want to be equal with anyone?
    To be equal you have to add or subtract
    And I have never liked math
    To be equal you have to add or subtract
    And I have never liked math
    You are recognizable, as just another part in a vast machine
    You are recognizable, as just another part in a vast machine
    The only thing immortal in this world is money
    The only thing original in this world is the way we destroy things
    Everything has already been created
    So we can only deal with new ways of destroying them
    Everything has already been created
    So we can only think of new ways of destroying them
    Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
    Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
    Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
    Do you think that animals believe in God?
    Do you think that animals believe in God?
    Do you think that animals believe in God?
    To be equal you must add or subtract
    People who want to be equal have lives that are filled with subtractions and auditions
    To be equal you must add or subtract
    People who want to be equal's lives' are filled with subtractions and auditions
    
    We will call you back and tell you
    Don't call us, we'll call you
    Don't call us, we'll call you
    Do animals believe in God?
    Do animals believe in God?
    Do animals believe in God?
    Do animals believe in God?
    
    Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
    This is a Caucasian occasion
    This is a Caucasian occasion
    Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
    Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
    The insurance will not cover this
    Could someone please autograph the frontal lobe?
    The insurance will not cover this
    Can someone please autograph the frontal lobe, the insurance will not cover this
    
    And the young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young are too senile
    The young sieg heil
    The young sieg heil
    Young are too senile
    The young sieg heil
    
    Do animals believe in god?
    Do animals believe in god?
    Do animals believe in god?
    I'm a kickstand in your mouth
    I am a kickstand in your mouth
    I am a kickstand in your mouth
    I am a kickstand in your mouth
    The insurance won't cover this
    The insurance won't cover this
    
    You can run as fast as you want
    But you can never outrun the cliché
    You can run as fast as you want
    But you can never outrun the cliché
    You can run as fast as you want
    But you can never outrun the cliché
    The young are senile the young are senile
    Have I outgrown my spotlight?
    Have I outgrown my spotlight?
    Have I outgrown my spotlight?
    My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
    My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
    My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
    My pupils are not students, they dilate but they never learn
    Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we suffocate the president
    Each time we roll up a dollar bill, we suffocate the president
    Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we are suffocating the president
    Each time we roll up the dollar bill, we suffocate the president
    
    Just say now
    Would you suck America's tits?
    I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
    I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
    I want you to just say now, would you suck America's tits?
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want everything when I want it and I want it now
    I want everything when I want it and I want it now
    I want everything before I want it and I already wanted it so I don't want it anymore
    I want everything when I want it and I want it now
    I want everything before I want it so I don't want it anymore
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want a newer version
    I want downloadable suicide
    I want a newer version
    I want downloadable suicide
    Version I don't know
    Version I don't point know
    Version I don't point no
    Version I point the gun at me
    Oh
    Oh
    Version I don't know
    Version I point the gun at me point Oh oh oh oh oh
    I want downloadable suicide
    
    If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
    If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
    If I sneeze will anyone bless me?
    Stop rehearsing alcohol and start performing narcotics
    I keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering the dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    Everything I make is a piece of plant
    And some day it could have been a flower
    And the things that are flowers are dead
    Till I keep watering a dead flower
    Keep watering a dead flower
    There's not enough of me to make a bouquet
    There's not enough of me to make a bouquet
    Stop watering the dead flower
    Stop watering a dead flower     
    Stop watering a dead flower
    
    I have no balance
    I am like snow
    And I melt away
    I have no balance and I am like snow and I melt away
    I have to balance
    I am like snow
    And I melt away
    
    As you are listening
    I want you to know
    That you are nothing
    But a screen that I will project
    My images of sorrow, pain and sex upon
    Although there is no difference between the three
    As you are listening
    I want you to know
    That you are nothing
    But a screen that I will project
    My images of sorrow, pain and sex upon
    Although there is no difference between the three
    As you are listening I want you to know that you are only a screen
    That I project my images of sorrow, pain and suffering and sex upon
    Although there is no difference between the three and the one
    As you are listening I want you to know that you are nothing but a screen
    That I project my images of suffering, sorrow, pain, sex
    And the brief glimmer of happiness I find in the misery
    Of those who are sitting in the theatre of which this screen exists
    I want you to know as you are listening
    That you are nothing but a screen
    That I project my images of sorrow, pain, suffering, sex
    And the brief glimpse of happiness I get from the misery
    Of those who sit in the theatre that this screen exists will feel while they listen
    The brief glimpse of happiness that I feel as
    Those who sit in the theatre that this screen exists will feel as they listen
    
    This isn't about music
    This is about the difference between you and me
    This isn't about music
    This is about the difference between you and me
    This isn't about music
    This is about the difference between you and me
    This isn't about music
    This is about the difference between you and me
    This isn't about music
    This is about the difference between you and me
    
    I am a birthday cake that we light up, blow out, cut apart and forget
    I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart and forget
    I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart, devour and forget
    I am a birthday cake that you light up, blow out, cut apart, devour and forget
    
    And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry
    And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry
    And I'm just like a holiday because I make everyone in the family cry
    
    Love your enemy because love is the enemy
    Love your enemy because love is the enemy
    Love your enemy because love is the enemy
    Love your enemy because love is the enemy
    Your sell by date has expired
    Your sell by date has expired
    Your sell by date has expired
    Your sell by date has expired
    
    Our commercial should be faster because we are all just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials need to be faster because we are all just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    The commercials should be faster because we are just slowguns
    Waiting to have our triggers pulled
    
    Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
    Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
    Don't bother trying to save the brainforest
    My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
    My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
    My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
    My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
    My pain is not ashamed to repeat itself
    
    The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth
    The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth
    The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth
    
    Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
    Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
    Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
    Each time someone believes what I say, I become a lie
    
    We have reached the end of history
    The only thing left is cosmetic changes
    We have reached the end of history
    The only thing that's left is cosmetic changes

Production credits

DOPPELHERZ

A film about the Golden Age of Grotesque,
created during the making of this album, and
birth of a new era for its creator. The audio
recording that accompanies this took place
on April 1st, 2002, and remains in its entirety.

This is thought by many to be the most rare
look into the mind of the person we know as
Marilyn Manson. It is also believed (but will
not be confirmed or denied by Manson) that
these words were intended to be his last,
meant only for those who were listening...
particularly his beloved feline familiar Lily
White.

The film offers no explanation, nor needs
one. Many thanks to those who helped make
this, the beginning, not an end, to the most
amazing era of Marilyn Manson. The artists
and friends who were involved enough to be
mentioned are as follows, in no particular
order:

Gottfried Helnwein
Dita Von Teese
Tim Skold
Nicole
Benjamin Palmer
Marilyn Manson
M.W. Gacy
John 5
Ginger Fish
Charles Koutris
Aria Giovanni
Brittany Bowen
Cyril Helnwein
Amy Coulter
Hugh Warner
Paul L. Chun
J.T. Harding

Art Director: Nicole, Gottfried Helnwein
Editing and primary director of photography:
Benjamin at the Barbarian Group
Seconds Camera: Charles Koutris

©2003 Marilyn Manson

www.marilymanson.com

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Trivia

• When the title appears on-screen at the beginning of the film, it is misspelled, shown here as "Doppleherz".

Personnel

Cast

• Marilyn Manson – Himself
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – Himself
• John 5 – Himself
• Tim Skold – Himself
• Dita Von Teese – Herself
• Aria Giovanni – Herself
• Nicole McDonald – Siamese Twin #1
• Amy Coulter – Siamese Twin #2
• Hugh Warner – Manson, Sr.

Crew

• Marilyn Manson – director, producer, score
• Nicole McDonald – director, art direction (uncredited)
• J.T. Harding – production assistant
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – score
• Tim Skold – score
• Benjamin Palmer – cinematography, film editing
• Gottfried Helnwein – art direction
• Paul Chun – camera grip
• Charles Koutris – director of photography, additional photography
• John Lands – assistant camera

External links

• Doppelherz on 's YouTube channel