A Tale of Love and Darknessopens Friday in theaters.
Check out EWs full interview with Portman below.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why do you think Amos Oz thought you were right for this project?
Credit: Ran Mendelson
Do you remember what made him say yes,shesthe one for this film?
Its his own personal life story, and of course his own book… Thats how young my mother was.
What was so rich about the story that kept you coming back to it?
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What did you latch on to, creatively, as a director?There are so many different layers.
Theres the layer of the language, which is so beautiful.
He has this ability to see her like shes his daughter, almost, because he has that perspective.
[They were] orphans of this great 20th century tragedy, and then came into another difficult reality.
Its innately controversial, whatever you say, in any direction.
It touches a nerve in pretty much everyone in one direction or the other.
You realize it has this strange hold on people and invokes passion.
But, as Amos says, thats the way dreams are.
Dreams are not reality and thats something we have to reconcile.
Its really magical to think, even in biblical times, they were making connections.
The culture and history is related to that language.
I do think the vanity project concept is definitely used more against women.
This young woman has no fear of [saying] I did it, I did all of this.
And it was so good.
What can be done to change that perception?More women need to be making films in general.
