You know, I usually don't get very worked about the movies I watch – at least not on this blog. Yes, I 'consume' a lot of them and in the sidebar module I let you see, which ones and what I think of them – admittedly, with a very raw kinda rating. But I usually don't write about them, even if they're extremely good and/or a classic (5 stars in either case ;)).

The last time, I actually did write about a movie was here, about "Lars and the Real Girl". And even then, it wasn't more then two sentences. But yesterday I watched a movie, that I think truly deserves to be getting a bit more attention. It 's called "Keith" and supposedly premiered just yesterday in Las Vegas. But due to the wonders of the world wide web, I already got my hands on it as well. I hadn't heard of it before, let's just say it was just available, and after reading a short summary on IMDB, I decided I'd give it a try.

I'm not gonna go much into detail about plot, actors (mostly unknown anyways) and all that. Just this much: it's a romance with some very funny moments and quite a bit of drama in the end. In a lot of ways it reminded me of Garden State – in my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made – even though they're completely different movies. The atmosphere was amazing, the actors well cast and the soundtrack one of the best in a long time – although his MySpace site doesn't really give it away, almost entirely contributed by Tree Adams.

Like I said, I don't wanna talk too much about it. All I'm saying is that it's one of the most beautiful indie films I have ever seen, and you should give it a try, will it ever make its way to Europe. Even more so, as it's a romance, and I'm definitely not a sucker for that genre.

Then again, the only other film I've ever written about, was one as well. Hmmm...

In the days of big shot Hollywood productions - be it action movies, comedys, thrillers, sci-fi or even drama - it's kinda sad to see that the European film, especially the German independent film is still living a dire existence on the outskirts of the industry. Of course you'll see well-advertised, expensive domestic productions on the big screen from time to time. Some of them, like Good Bye Lenin! or Der Untergang might even make it across the Atlantic (of course, it has Nazis in it...). But yet, there are so many really really good small productions almost no one takes notice of. Except you know your local indy theater well or like watching Arte. So, to show that - especially in the past decade - there have been so many well shot and well acted 'teutonian' movies, here's a small selection of more popular ones and some you maybe have never heard of but should definitely see. By the way, I think this isn't just a German problem. I'm sure there are just as many good French, Swedish or Danish movies that I don't even know about because they aren't shown anywhere near.

Absolute Giganten (1999) - Comedy / Drama
Shoppen (2006) - Comedy
Nichts Bereuen (2001) - Romance / Drama
Vergiss Amerika (2000) - Romance / Drama
Crazy (2000) - Coming of Age
Lammbock (2001) - Comedy
Die Innere Sicherheit (2000) - Drama
Klassenfahrt (2002) - Drama
Tattoo (2002) - Thriller
Mein Bruder Der Vampir (2001) - Drama
Bungalow (2002) - Drama
Kammerflimmern (2004) - Romance / Drama
Herr Lehmann (2003) - Comedy
Montag Kommen Die Fenster (2006) - Drama
Scherbentanz (2002) - Drama
Lichter (2003) - Drama
Das Experiment (2001) - Thriller
Bang Boom Bang (1999) - Comedy
Der Himmel Kann Warten (2000) - Drama
Lola Rennt (1998) - Drama / Thriller

Just showing you guys the bike. Often talked about, never seen. Am I bored? No, why?

This is where I spend my first night in Darmstadt. The owner of this room explicitely asked me not to mention his name. At least this much: Cécile and Daniel, I believe you've met him before...

Mist behind my house after a mid-size thunderstorm.

Yes, I'm very happy about the fact that I live 20 minutes away from the Adidas and Puma headquartes and their big ass outlet stores :)

And hey, we even get a tiny little bit of it here...

Ok, I think it's now safe to say that it's official. I'm gonna do my six month internship with Bleed in Oslo, Norway. Tough call, let's all hope it was the right decision...

Hell yeah.

Oh yeah.