I saw "Beginners" directed by Mike Mills

December 17, 2015

This article may contain a spoiler of 'Beginners'(movie,2010)

I borrowed the movie from a library. Toronto's libraries are so great; they have lots of DVDs. I saw 'Beginners', directed by Mike Mills, 2010.
I always choose a movie at the spur of the moment because I'm really not sure about the English titles of movies. However, this one was attractive. I don't know how to explain this kind of movie, but its genre was drama, the story progresses quietly.

The heart of the story was the passing of main character's father. After his wife passed away, he confessed that he was gay. The main character had deep sorrow, but he didn't express it much. He kept working as usual so his sorrow seemed to be vague.

The movie seamlessly blended with past scenes and current scenes together.
Like, the past scene where the father's boyfriend visited father was in the hospital. Next is the past scene where the main character is in his childhood with his mother, and then the current scene where he met a lady.
I feel this way of editing is like our mind. In other words, although the past  never returns, but many past memories can exist simultaneously in our mind.
I think this method express the main characters' feelings well. His upset, vague sorrow, and sense of loss are prolonged.

The more important thing is that the farther certainly died, but he also certainly lived happily. This way depicted allowed the main character, and us too, to remember him well. His end didn't define him.

It was a quiet, beautiful, and hopeful movie.
The piano music that was used many times was sad and beautiful.

The Japanese title of this movie is 人生はビギナーズ, I checked it now.
Life is Beginners!  Terrible. It sounds a like funny movie, like a funny guy begins an extraordinary job, or goes live in an exotic place.
Maybe they named it just from the summary, without seeing the movie.



Thank you for correcting, Rowan, Madox

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