Mike Mills

"There’s a carefully tended fuzziness to the movie itself, like a memento mori sketched in pastel. Part of that has to do with the nature of memory, or rather those shards of Oliver’s recollections that are continually bumping up against one another as the near-past triggers remembrances of things further past, sometimes with the neatness that distinguishes a meticulously constructed screenplay rather than messy life."

I watched a documentary called "Beautiful Mess" this evening  and found myself intrigued by one of the artists interviewed; Mike Mills. 

Mike mills has directed a movie/biography of his life called, "Beginners". This quote is from the website,

 http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/movies/beginners-with-christopher-plummer-and-ewan-mcgregor-review.html

I am intrigued because of Mills honest embarrassment when he talks about the making of the film. This is a true artist! I have to question the motives of any artist unless they reach that raw point in life where there is no where else to go, but the truth. I guess that means I need to question my own. And I love the way he describes how memories can be so fictitious.  


http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/16/movies/100000000728868/mike-mills.html?ref=movies