I went to see the film
Beginners last night.
Was attracted to the film initially because of this
great lettering in the poster (which I suspected was done by one of my all time fave illustrators
Eric Hanson.)
Turns out it was done by the
writer/director of the film Mike Mills who began his career as a graphic designer. (!) Mike graduated from
Cooper Union and then went on to work at
M + Co. with Tibor Kalman. Coincidenza.
The film is very autobiographical with
Ewan McGregor playing the main character of Oliver who - yes -
works as a graphic designer. (yay)
I
adored the drawings in the film which were all done by Mike Mills.
Below Oliver sketches "A History of Ex-girlfriends". Adorable.
Love the Princess Leia hairdo and Mill's broken line.
I think this ex girlfriend did alotta drugs.
Was excited to discover that a
book has been published with the drawings from the film.
Add to cart. :-)
This Poster is from an earlier film by Mike Mills Thumbsucker.
Isn't it great?
ps. I am honking.The film was wonderful in many ways - the performances of Christopher Plummer + Ewan McGregor are note perfect + heartbreaking... but for me Mill's
entirely fresh + inventive direction is the big deal of this movie. For insight into it you can read a
great interview with the director on the AIGA website
here.Strongly recommended - especially if you're designer/ illustrator sort.ps. Fun fact: Michael Mills is married to
Miranda July.I think that = Mr. + Mrs. Quirky USA.