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Must Watch: Kees van Dijkhuizen's Year-End Review in 'Cinema 2011'
by Ethan Anderton
December 22, 2011
After the last retrospective looking back at the films of 2011, we decided to slow down the influx of videos chronicling the year in cinema until one of our regular contributors showed up, and Kees van Dijkhuizen has come through with Cinema 2011, another fantastically edited piece of work from the guy who also brought us 15 Years of Fox Searchlight and all those director spotlights. Previously we've featured Cinema 2009 and Cinema 2010, but 2011 could very well be his best work yet with flashes of films like X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Crazy Stupid Love, My Week with Marilyn, Margin Call and more. Watch!
Here's Kees van Dijkhuizen's retrospective Cinema 2011 - a look back at 2011 in movies:
Kees van Dijkhuizen: "A mix of laughs, kisses, fights, tears and everything in between. Each year I’m reminded of the sheer force a couple of frames can hold, and it’s something only found in film. It seems to just fly by, and if you don’t pay attention, you might miss it all. A gorgeous masterpiece about one family coping with the end of the world, the portrait of a young man diagnosed with cancer, the end of a ten-year adventure that reached millions, a cynical writer discovering the magic of Paris. No matter how you look at it, 2011 had something to offer for everyone." A list of music and films used can be found right here. Cool?
Reader Feedback - 19 Comments
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Don't slow down guys, getting complaints or something?
Leonidas93 on Dec 22, 2011
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there's a really heartfelt one that you guys didn't post. tried searching it, but can't find it anymore. was insanely good
robdelano on Dec 23, 2011
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There were so many films in there that I had forgotten I had seen. 2011 was big. 2012 is supposed to be bigger???? What was the film called about the family who waited for the end of the world?
Jon Chamberlain on Dec 22, 2011
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Not sure if it's Melancholia you're thinking about, but it's my best guess :)~
petus on Dec 23, 2011
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Earth was demolished in Tree of Life too. It'd be nice perhaps to interchange images with Melancholia there at the end.
Robert L. Tuva on Dec 22, 2011
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Spoilers man, come on now. =(
Matt on Dec 22, 2011
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I used a wrong word here, didn't I. The film did show devastation by swollen red giant of our sun. As planned; so no spoliers. 😉
Robert L. Tuva on Dec 23, 2011
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P.S. Mercury and Venus were engulfed (demolished). As for the third rock from the sun, it wasn't clearly shown. We could be viewing the left white dwarf from the remains of the Earth (really almost demolished) in one shot.
Robert L. Tuva on Dec 23, 2011
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if you like videos like this, check out a video I made about the films shot in Central Park, New York http://www.thenerdthoughts.com/2011/04/central-park-throughout-film-history.html
Casey Carroll on Dec 22, 2011
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Best of these kind of videos I've seen this year. That was beautiful.
Chazzy on Dec 23, 2011
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2011 was pretty weak to be honest...especially considering the year before you had Inception and Avatar
Geoffrey Shauger on Dec 23, 2011
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Every single movie in this montage was better than Avatar.
Chazzy on Dec 23, 2011
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Which, by the way, came out in 2009.
Chazzy on Dec 23, 2011
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No Super 8?
Roderick on Dec 23, 2011
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super 8 is in there
odi on Dec 24, 2011
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