“So much of my work comes from feeling isolated and lonely” Miranda_July
has found her rhythm. For the filmmaker, actor, app developer, charity shop-curator and author, that means orchestrating a virtual book tour, working on a novel, spending time with her husband and child, and hosting the delightful ‘Covid International Arts Festival’ on her Instagram.
“So much of my work comes from feeling isolated and lonely. Technology has always been put to best use by people who feel cut off,” July explains. Significant and lesser-known performances offer insight and pertinent contemporary themes: her 2005 Caméra d’Or-winning filmis an unflinching, poetic ode to the laborious struggles we undertake to reach romance, friendship, and sexual experiences.
For years, July was asked by publishers to produce a retrospective of her cross-disciplinary career. It was only when she turned 45 that she saw it as a “rite of passage” that she could fulfil, and then move swiftly forward. A scrapbook-like oral history, July describes the mentally challenging process of distilling her life’s work into one document across last summer.
The mini-essays by friends offered both clarity and questions. “Some friends never seemed to think I got creative block, that it was never hard for me! Others saw when I was exhausted,” she says. “I wanted my false starts and wobbly moments to be really clear. There’s a running theme of relentlessness that really surprised me, though I always felt that in my heart.” Though that determination is spoken about positively, July began to reflect on the “always on” energy levels she exuded.
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