Irma Vep: Reviews

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Irma Vep
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by Zeitgeist

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (Ashes of Time Redux, In the Mood for Love) plays herself in haute auteur Olivier Assayas’ spiky satire of the French film industry. After seeing her in Johnny To’s cult-actioner Heroic Trio, past-his-prime director René Vidal (New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud) impetuously casts Cheung as the lead in his remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Unable to speak a word of French and clad in a head-to-toe rubber catsuit, Cheung finds herself adrift among the disorganized crew—including an increasingly erratic Vidal, a lovesick bi-sexual costumer (Nathalie Richard) and a gossipy executive’s wife (Bulle Ogier). With freewheeling cinematography choreographed to the strains of Sonic Youth and Luna, Irma Vep immerses the viewer into the heady desperation and l’amour fou of modern movie-making.

by Second Sight

ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
Maggie Cheung (playing herself) has been cast by a once revered but now out of touch director as the latex-clad cat-burglar in his ill-fated remake of the French classic "Les Vampires". From the moment she arrives in Paris, chaos ensues, until the director finally has a breakdown and is replaced by another who doesn't know why she was cast in the first place. Amidst all the confusion, Cheung becomes drawn to her character and is soon pulling on latex and prowling her hotel corridors at night.

This critically-acclaimed satire on the world of filmmaking is one of the freshest and coolest French films of the '90s.

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