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Author and filmmaker Miranda July describes attending an orgy at the Palace Film Festival as ‘a fond memory’

‘It’s one of those things that I’m glad I did’, said the Me and You and Everyone We Know filmmaker

Louis Chilton
Wednesday 15 April 2020 09:36 BST
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Author and filmmaker Miranda July has described the experience of attending an orgy as a “fond memory”.

In an interview with Bustle, July, who is best known for her award-winning short story collection No-one Belongs Here More Than You, spoke about her life when she was 28 years old.

“It was a funny year,” she said. ”I had either broken up with my boyfriend – Harrell Fletcher, who I would then work with for years and years on Learning to Love You More – or we were on a break.”

“It was also the only year that I ever participated in an orgy, which was at the Palace Film Festival,” she continued.

“It was two guys, me, and another woman. She left, so [then it] was just me and these two guys, but it’s a fond memory.”

“It’s one of those things that I’m glad I did,” she concluded.

July has been described by The Independent as “one of art’s great polymaths”. As well as writing fiction, July is also well-regarded as an artist and screenwriter, and directed the 2005 comedy Me and You and Everyone We Know and the 2011 film The Future.

She recently directed the film Kajillionaire, which was produced by Brad Pitt‘s production company and is scheduled for release later this year.

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