Miranda July beats writers’ block
@1 month ago with 13 notesGQ UK, January 2012
When Miranda July had writers’ block on the script of her latest film, The Future, she became obsessed with odd listings in a classifieds magazine. Deciding instead to interview the curious sellers, she ended up finishing the film, and writing one of them into it.
You actually cast one of the people you met - 81-year-old Joe, selling Christmas cards - in your film. Did you have something like that in mind when you began?
Miranda July: I always thought it would mean something. There was a moment I realised was going to be in the movie, and it changed the movie. I had an idea of casting them all [the people she met], but it backfired with a girl who just couldn’t act. I made my movie, Joe was in it, and it felt like it was more than a distraction. I realised it wasn’t enough - I needed to write the book. Everyone was so interesting.
