’20th Century Women’ Director on Filmmaking in Trump Era: ‘I Have to Change My Game’

TheWrap Screening Series: “We have a president-elect who has gotten away with treating women so horribly,” says Mike Mills

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Ted Soqui for TheWrap

“20th Century Women” director Mike Mills says he has to “change [his] game” in terms of filmmaking now that Donald Trump was elected as the next President of the United States.

“The Trump thing” hit him like a ton of bricks, he said during TheWrap’s screening of “20th Century Woman” in Los Angeles on Tuesday when asked about his plans for his next movie. “Any ideas I had before [the election]… You can’t just be doing business as usual anymore. I don’t know what to do, but I feel like I have to change my game to have a presence right now or to feel worthwhile of what’s going on.”

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