Miranda July's Blog, page 4
August 13, 2011
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Whenever I stand before an audience I always wonder What did all these people do today, before they came to the theater? I imagine several hundred lives, filled with their intricicies and challenges and it seems like a minor miracle that they all managed to get here, on time, and are sitting so neatly like teeth. Most of you I will not see tonight at the Arclight — but I will see a couple of you. Right now you are looking at this website, but what else will you do today before I see you? Please send me your to do list for today — noting if you will be at the 5:20 or 7:30 screening. (Because I may have some questions for you during the Q+A.)
Tickets
If you are seeing The Future at another theater today, please also send your to do list; I would like to see the day I will be a small part of. (Note the theater and screeninging time please.)
(The picture is of my To Do list when I was editing The Future. All that done, but always still more to do.)
August 11, 2011
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Woah: This Friday The Future opens in Austin, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, San Diego & Portland! It is important to see it in the theater because how else will get your "I Have Seen The Future" button?? Which I designed myself so that it will go with any outfit, and even improve some outfits. Check here for exactly where: http://thefuturetheaters.blogspot.com/
Video Shot This Weekend (I made it in advance.)
August 9, 2011
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This just in! I will be doing Q+A at the Arclight this weekend! After the 7:30 show on Friday and the 5:20 and 7:30 on Saturday.
Tickets: http://goo.gl/YyVuO See you there.
The moment when the end credits are rolling and I'm standing in the dark waiting to face the 300 people who just watched my strangely revealing movie COULD be a scary moment, but I'm never alone, I've got a formidable companion in Jon Brion's score.
August 6, 2011
August 5, 2011
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In anticipation of The Future opening LA, DC, Chicago and Boston tomorrow (and expanding in NY), I have answered questions from people in these cities, and these cities only, while doing my errands today. (If you live in LA, I can answer more questions, in person, at the following screenings.)
Friday
The Landmark
7:45 show
Tickets: http://bit.ly/o1GgHk
Saturday
Arclight Hollywood
5:20 & 7:45 shows
Tickets: http://bit.ly/p7AWlM
Sunday
Arclight Hollywood
5:20 show
Tickets: http://bit.ly/p7AWlM
A Los Angeles Question
A Brooklyn Question
A Boston Question
A Los Angeles Question
The Future also opens in Canada this weekend, and I was just there, trying to ready them up. But they were one step ahead of me the whole time. As exemplified by this small cake given to me by two Canadian women, it reads: "u are enough." I felt flattered, honored, and slightly taken aback by the presumption that I need reassurance. But there are worse things than reassuring cake. Actually almost everything in the world is worse than reassuring cake. Thank you.
July 30, 2011
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Some Things That Happened Last Night
1. I debated if it was ok to wear the same exact thing that I wore to the Apple store talk and decided it was.
2. I was driven to the IFC Center. The driver made a point of getting an umbrella out of the trunk to shield me for the 3 feet between the car and the theater. I kept thinking this wasn't neccesary, but then thought maybe he'll look like a bad driver if I just walk out into the rain.
3. I did the first Q+A following the first real screening of The Future.
4. A woman gave me a ribbon/macaroni bracelet. The ribbon is tied together with string. If there was one thing that you would think didn't need to be tied together with string, it would be ribbon, which, itself, ties. There must be a reason.
5. I got a bannana popsicle, thinking it would make the memory of the night seem better. I ate it on the street while talking on the phone to my husband who is in Australia. Standing on the street was like standing inside a person's body. In terms of the weather.
6. I watched the first 40 minutes of the movie Tabloid.
7. Did the second Q+A following the second real screening of The Future.
8. I autographed a photo. It was a photo taken of me at the Apple store. "I'm wearing the exact same outfit as tonight," I said to the man holding the photograph. The man nodded gravely in recognition of this fact.
9. I was driven back to the hotel by a new driver. The first one had hit his head on the trunk of the car while putting the umbrella back. His head was bleeding and he had to go home. This could have been prevented, by me. I tried to think of some other things to feel bad about but was too tired.
I realize this ended on a low note, but it was, in fact, a wonderful night. Because you showed up – all the shows were sold out. Thank you. Let's do the same exact thing tonight except I'll say "I can just run in" when he goes to pop the trunk. Don't forget the bracelet.
July 29, 2011
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Back to the airport life.
(On my way to the IFC Center.)
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The New Movie is Called "Outer Space", starring Mary Pickford.
A lovely screening at USC last night. Such articulate questions! The thoroughbred of questions. While waiting for the movie to finish I made a short movie in the lobby. Above is the poster for the movie, as you can see it stars Mary Pickford (I finally work with a movie star!)
Not my most refined work, but possibly the quickest.
July 27, 2011
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Ok, THIS IS IT New York: The Future opens on Friday at the IFC Center. Here is where you get tickets. I will be there doing Q&As and just generally lurking around, checking if more paper-towels are needed in the bathroom or if someone needs change for a twenty.
This is a picture of me taken in 1996. I am opening a letter from a stranger and no doubt my heart is pounding in a way that is uncalled for. I am 22 and I am just dying to know what this stranger has to say and I'm hoping it will turn my world upside down. Not that my world is so horrible, but I know it will be better upside down and understood by a stranger. It is this desire, to be transformed by understanding, that has pretty much propelled me through every single day since 1996.
See you there.
mj
(Photo taken from the Flickr of one "Sir Ladd Halsey", a stranger, who took it secretly. I'm taking it back.)
P.S: LA, Boston, Chicago and D.C. open next weekend, 8/5!
July 25, 2011
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YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TUESDAY
1. I walked to the garage sale down the street and gave them some maracas that I don't need and came home with a lot of new items that I feel are going to open up my life.
I got ones labeled SUMI MATERIALS, BLADES AND KNIVES, and STIPLING BRUSHES. Not a bad turn of events for a Sunday, which I consider a totally doomed day anyway.
2. Last night, however, was a joy. The ice cream and twilight and wavy grass made Eleven Heavy Things slightly more surreal than I could have forseen. And if there's one thing we know how to do here in LA it's POSE. Some profound, revelatory posing happened. Thank you to all who came, and to MoCA and PDC. It's up through October. Send your pictures this way.
3. Tuesday I will be Show and Telling at the Silent Movie Theater in LA. Not just videos either…FAR FROM IT. Here's a hint: I will need one participant with a very clean mouth and/or scalp. So if you are on the fence about coming, but your mouth or scalp is fastidious and overlooked, come as a favor to me.
(Did I just do the kind of promotion that actually repels people from coming?)
And lastly but mostly: 5 days until The Future opens at the IFC Center in NY. I will be there.
