Sufjan Scores Natalie Portman’s Directorial Debut Film Short

Other than performing in elaborate costumes, Sufjan and Natalie Portman * now have something else in common: they both worked on the film Eve. Natalie directed the 22-minute short which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and Sufjan provided the score with “only piano, no songs, no arrangements, just quiet, sad, romantic flourishes.” Apparently there are no immediate plans to release the film or the score.

Stereogum asked Sufjan how he got involved with the project:

Natalie had seen The BQE performance last year, and asked me to score a short film she was writing and directing, her first attempt, I think, at approaching things from the other side of the camera. I’d never even met her before; she sent the treatment, which she’d written herself.

Read the rest of the mini-interview here.

If you have any tips about upcoming film festivals where Eve is playing please let us know in the comments.

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September 2nd, 2008 admin

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