mike mills filmmaker/graphics designer.

http://mikemillsmikemills.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mills_(director)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beginners

he made the autobiographical film beginners (2010)
one of my favorite parts of the movie:
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STILL BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SUN, THE

STARS, YOSEMITE, GEORGE W. BUSH FLASH BY:

OLIVER (V.O.)
This is 2003. This is what the sun
looks like, and the stars, nature.
This is the President.

NOW PHOTOS OF THE SUN, STARS, NATURE, ETC. FROM 1955 FLASH

BY:

OLIVER V.O.
And this is the sun in 1955, and
the stars, and nature, and cars,
and phones, and movies, and the
President. These are what pets
looked like. These are fireworks.
This was smoking.

PHOTOGRAPHS, CROPPED IN ON FACES FROM 1955, VERY FAST

SEQUENCE OF PEOPLE KISSING:

OLIVER (V.O.) (CONT’D)
This is what it looked like when
people kissed…

FAST SEQUENCE OF FACES FORM 1955 LAUGHING:

OLIVER (V.O.) (CONT’D)
…When they were happy…

SEQUENCE OF FACES CRYING:

(CONTINUED)

10/29/07 4.

CONTINUED:

OLIVER (V.O.) (CONT’D)
…When they were sad.

FAST SEQUENCE OF MARRIAGE PHOTOS FROM 1955:

OLIVER (V.O.) (CONT’D)
My parents got married in 1955.
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liked the small things of this film. the simple graphics. the way the main characters meet and the girl can’t talk. the way we can read the dog’s thoughts. they way christopher plummer played his character. the main character’s mom.

mike mills’ wife is miranda july, also a filmmaker of sorts. i didn’t particularly enjoy her film “the future”

both in beginners (2010) and in the future (2011), we’re privy to the thoughts of domestic animals.