‘Nude Tuesday’: Comedy Veteran Julia Davis on Craft of Subtitling Made-Up Language Film

Comedies don’t come much more unconventional than “Nude Tuesday.” The brainchild of Armağan Ballantyne and Jackie van Beek — who also stars as Laura, one half of a couple who attend a new-age retreat run by sex-guru Bjorg Rassmussen (Jemaine Clement) to rekindle their marriage — it was filmed in a made-up language and then subtitled after the fact by Julia Davis. The cult comedy veteran’s prose is a frequently hilarious interpretation of the cast’s performances. Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s U.K. premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), Davis recalls why she agreed to the subtitling… Read Full Article