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The Australian novelist-turned-director Julia Leigh traces the origins of her first feature, "Sleeping Beauty," to what she calls a bout of 'self-exposure.'. The attention she received for her well-received first novel, 'The Hunter' (1999), led to a recurring nightmare about being watched in her sleep.
May 15, 2011 · CANNES, France— The Australian novelist-turned-director Julia Leigh traces the origins of her first feature, “Sleeping Beauty,” to what she calls a bout of “self-exposure.”
Nov 30, 2011 · ABOVE: JULIA LEIGH FILMING SLEEPING BEAUTY. The quiet and haunting Sleeping Beauty, written and directed by Australian novelist Julia Leigh, isn’t simply a modern retelling of the classic story. In fact, it bears little resemblance.
Oct 17, 2011 · Australian novelist-turned-filmmaker Julia Leigh's debut feature Sleeping Beauty has been strongly dividing audiences since its Cannes premiere. A visually elegant, complex exploration of time and potency that's witty and darkly melancholic by turns, it sees university student Lucy (Emily Browning) take on a job as a Sleeping Beauty.
Dec 1, 2011 · Julia Leigh, the director of the drama "Sleeping Beauty," discusses her film. Ms. Browning was similarly fetishized in Zack Snyder’s grim, salacious “Sucker Punch.”
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Julia Leigh is taking part in the Festival de Cannes with Sleeping Beauty, her first film, in Competition and in the running for the Caméra d’Or. A feature film for which the Australian director, author of two novels, has also written the script.
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I was able to chat with novelist and now filmmaker Julia Leigh about her film Sleeping Beauty in September at the Toronto Film Festival. Here is our conversation. Women and Hollywood: Talk a little about your inspiration for the film? Julia Leigh: To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight.
