NY Times: Mike Mills Remembers "Pop was Gay"

In “When Life Throws You Curveballs,” New York Times writer Denis Lim talks with Beginners writer and director Mike Mills about his cinematic blending of the real, the personal and the poetic. While aspects of the Beginners are culled from this real life, Mills makes clear the film is not autobiographical. Yet at the same time dealing with his family has had unexpected effects. In turning his parents into characters, Mills explains, “That’s a wonderful way to individuate from your parent, to see them on their own and not just as these people that are so important to you.” And even more powerful is the gift gotten from raising his parent’s ghosts:

I don’t feel like I have any resolution…But I will say I’ve really enjoyed this strange, extra time I’ve had with my parents.