Sufjan Stevens On Scoring Natalie Portman's New Film

Natalie Portman, aka Devendra's better half , is about to make her directorial debut with Eve , a 22-minute short film that stars Ben Gazzara and Lauren Bacall and a soundtrack by Sufjan Stevens. According to The Playlist , who had a tipster at the Venice Film Festival, where Eve premiered:

The short is evidently about a about a girl (Olivia Thirlby) who finds herself intruding on her grandmother's romantic date, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the film was warmly received "crowd pleaser," though our tipster noted that a boom mike was distinctively visible three times in the short and it was a bit "embarrassing," considering Portman was there in the audience.

As for Sufjan, "his style was recognizable : piano, very melancholic, it was all instrumental," wrote our Gallic friend. They added that a piece called "Forgotten Waltz," was included, but they didn't know who wrote it. At the press conference for the film, Portman actually talked about Steven's inclusion and he actress turned director said she didn't know the indie-rocker, but was a big fan of his and called him to see if he'd be interested in composing the score. She called his score "beautiful music," and also noted before attempting to direct a feature, she'll be taking on a few more acting roles...

We were curious to hear more about the soundtrack so we dropped Sufjan a line and a cluster of questions this morning, asking him for the story behind the soundtrack, his process, and if he had plans to do other film scores in the future: