Sunday 15 September 2024

20th Century Women (2016 Mike Mills & scr)

And it's essentially autobiographical, according to Annette Bening, the story of Mike's mother and his relationship with her. In this version, the mother encourages other women - Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning - to try to help him grow up - which they do. But it backfires, the boy is developing more emotional understanding than his mother.

With Lucas Jade Zumann and Billy Crudup. 


It's a 1950 Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe

One note is that though I liked Roger Neill's Eno-ish music I think it may act to slow down the film in certain sections; and it might have been a better idea to use some of the old time Woody Allen-ish numbers to counterpoint what we're seeing instead.

Photographed by Sean Porter, edited by Leslie Jones, production design Chris Jones.

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