I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.
Mike MillsIf you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.
Mike MillsI pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.
Mike MillsMy graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.
Mike Mills