The news ain’t stopping for nobody. If you head over here you can see a video featuring 3 scenes from Eve and footage of Natalie talking about the film at a press conference.

Maybe my dramedy guess wasn’t that far off the mark after all.

We also have a great deal of the text from that press conference. The original Italian is here but below we have a rough translation.

Natalie Portman what is autobiographical in its debut in the direction of short Eve and what were the themes more interested in telling?

‘Eve is actually inspired by my personal experience, I would not define it as autobiographical even if telling of some interpersonal relationships between two elderly persons I am very inspired by my grandmother, who has had a profound influence on my growth. But it is only inspired by her is not a portrait. Rather I have drawn a lot from family stories of my friends and their personal experiences. I was interested in telling the relationship between generations. Like how the young confront the elderly, and vice versa. Eve I would define it as a reflection of what I have learned, through me who is next, intergenerational relationships.

She has worked with many great directors, what he learned from them and who has influenced you most?

“From all the directors with whom I worked, I ‘stole’ something. I do treasure of all my experiences because I had the good fortune to work with really big names: Luc Besson, Mike Nichols, George Lucas and I can not list them all. I am 16 years who work in the world of cinema and all the directors with whom I worked, I have always said: ‘We envy, because the actors have less responsibility of a director and at the same time if they are with the eyes and mind well open can learn a lot of this art ‘. And it is true, this is how things are going. From actor, if the film goes wrong, it’s always the fault of director while director, as Truffaut said, that you respond to everything. From actor you can watch the movie you’ve interpreted with a certain distance, from director no. If you have a name of a director that I found incredible in directing actors, that is Anthony Minghella. And ‘the director to whom I am most inspired nell’approcciarmi with actors like Lauren Bacall and Ben Gazzarra that goodness them, they wanted to undertake this adventure with me. Minghella was one of the most gentle, friendly, affectionate and enveloping that I’ve ever known. And not just with us actors, as was his nature. He remembered the names of children of all those who worked for him, waved all, from catering to the first star. I tried to do the same thing, to establish the same atmosphere on the set of my short. Among the other died on the first day that I began shooting. I was really shocked. Then all my friends convinced me that, one of the best ways to give honor, was achieving this film to my best and remember him and what he had taught me.

She has directed an episode of collective film New York, I Love You, interpreted the remake Brothers… do you think of the remake, so fashionable in Hollywood, and it is true that will take part in the Suspiria of our Dario Argento?

“Unfortunately on Suspiria I can not anticiparvi nothing. While on what you ask about the remake… it is true that in Hollywood they do a lot of it but when a new vision of an excellent story, as is the case that you mentioned – that is Brothers of Jim Sheridan – then even the well-being remaking. But the sense we have only in that case, when facing a director who knows how to give new light to a story already told, if you need to redo a good film already done so I can not see the reason.

After debuted proceed as directed in his career, will continue to make the actress or will have a breakthrough?

“Writing and directing I was always fascinated by, so this debut with Eve means a lot to me. It ‘been fantastic to do something completely new, give birth to a creature. But frankly I do not feel ready to debut with a feature film, at least not at this time. So I want to continue doing the actress, interpreting interesting projects and when me feel I considererò ready, it will certainly also a film. For now only try to maintain a proper balance.

The main actors are Ben Gazzarra Eve and Lauren Bacall (for those who have not known his wife and companion of a life of one of the icons of world cinema Humphrey Bogart), which certainly did not need introductions. As has gone with these two pieces from ninety?

And the most beautiful gift that I received in my life. Since I have always thought of them and my wish was fulfilled. Lauren Bacall the admiration and always have had the opportunity to work and spend time with her is invaluable. It has some comical times fantastic, is incredible and call a summa of wisdom and experience. Ben Gazzarra is shocking. Among the other was in seventh heaven to have the opportunity to work with Lauren, great actress and one of the most beautiful women that have ever appeared on the big screen. Besides it is an extremely generous man. With players with these qualities is easy to work because you can choose. They will make available such a quantity of nuances, of different directions you can take, that your work can only leave enriched and improved. And ‘thanks to them I succeeded in achieving my aim which was to tell the story of my characters, without wanting to give messages back or otherwise. I wanted to carry on the screen of people, real strange, as are human beings in real life. “

She graduated in psychology at Harvard. His studies have helped in his work as an actress and now director?

“Certainly. Why practically psychology is the study of observation. The first thing they teach you is to observe human behaviour. And so start to see people in a different way, to pay more attention to every detail. And, in our behavior, has a meaning behind “.

She is now here in Venice, still fascinates the movie, which is spectator Natalie Portman?

“I love going to the cinema, I go there a lot, both here in Venice where I saw the film by Marco Bechis that I found very interesting, both when they I am at home or around the world to work. As soon as I have time I go to the cinema. I love cinema for many reasons but I would say that primarily interests me that for two hours the viewer is intended to deal with the lives of others, the protagonist of the film. So for two hours you stop thinking only to themselves. Not bad, I would say.

Can any Italian speaking fans help with that Suspiria comment. The person who told me it wasn’t happening was adamant of that fact but Natalie’s quote there seems…intriguing.

And while we’re at it, here’s a Yahoo article with a few more quotes for good measure.