Portman’s directorial debut taking shape

September 14, 2008 - 2:39 PM by Harry · 1 Comment
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Natalie Variety is reporting that Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, an adaptation of Amos Oz’s memoir “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is in the works. Now, this in itself is not new news as it has been reported elsewhere many months ago. What is news however is the revelation that the movie will be in Hebrew:

While admitting that the next step into directing her first feature is daunting, the 27-year-old Portman is relishing the chance to tell the story of venerated author Oz’s childhood in his native tongue.

“Someone made a good point once about how would you feel if Mexicans came and made a movie about George Washington in Spanish? It would be absurd but we do it all the time,” she tells Variety. “I think people are much more open to reading subtitles now and prefer the authenticity of seeing the true language of that culture. It’s becoming unacceptable to make films in places and in a language they’re not supposed to be in.

“It’s always best to make things as cheaply as possible because then you can take a lot more risk, like doing something in an original language that is not widely spoken,” Portman said moments before receiving the San Pellegrino Movie for Humanity Award at the recent Venice film fest, feting her humanitarian works with children in Africa.

So intelligent that Natalie and so, so, so….pretty.

Natalie shouldn’t have a problem with the language since we already know she is pretty fluent.