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Best films I saw in 2011 (not necessarily from that year)

Note: I write this article in English, because the majority of titles are, too. Also most of my colleagues I work with and possibly read this will have no problem with it. On the other hand if it wasn’t for the epd-Film magazine I used to read, there wouldn’t be a need for writing a list like this one anyway. Wherever I could I linked the trailers or the mentioned scenes, so when I write SPOILER, it’s exactly that. Watch the films first, or don’t blame me, ok? So, without further ado, here’s my 2011 winner:

Drive

It was sort of a tie with THE TREE OF LIFE by Terrence Malick, but Nicolas Winding Refn (is that a real name?) is my winner, because he cut this one down to the bare bones of the story. Don’t get me wrong, I dig the length (and height) of TOL, but Malick is a true master already, and Refn now proved to the last doubt, that he himself is one too.

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Year 2011 – I love my Steve McQueen in b/w

As promised, here is my year 2011 in music and films, formerly known as Xmas-mix. I am currently trying out a service called MIXCLOUD thanks to René, here we go, have fun, enjoy:

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goodbye to five years of Xmas-mix

I won’t make another one before Christmas this year. Again. For the third year in a row, which lead me to the tough decision to call it quits. It’s no more Xmas-mix for me. What this doesn’t mean is, that there will be no jp-compiled music-mix on the year 2011. There will be, just in it’s appropriate form – e.g. I do it when the year actually is behind us, and reflecting on it, playing around with some songs and samples from movies, TV-series and whatever comes to my mind, as I did the last five years, and enjoying it. Essentially that’s what it’s always been, a look back on last year, my „cultural“ mood diary (or diarrhea?), so to speak. And let’s face it: the Christmas references have always been in the minority, haven’t they?

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Walter White vs New Millenium Nazis

Breaking Bad Episode 412

Screenshot of Episode 412 from AMC’s show BREAKING BAD.

As a fan of the show and with Season 4 over, the speculations on the final 16 episodes are already all over the internet. You can read lots of great ideas (and even more not so), like for example on the AMC discussion boards themselves. Well, and reading some contributions there triggered something I want to share with the fans, the show’s staff and everybody else who might be interested.

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