Why Chile’s Pablo Larrain Was Perfect Choice to Direct American Tragedy ‘Jackie’ (Video)

Larrain, also making the rounds this year for Chilean drama “Neruda,” won the trust of producers like Darren Aronofsky and Mickey Liddell thanks to his distance from the national event.

Portman complimented Larrain’s “fluid” style of filmmaking as the two set off to examine the events that occurred in the days after JFK’s assassination in 1963, and how Jackie helped shape his enduring, mythical legacy.