Container of (work): Irma Vep (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Irma Vep (Motion picture). French. Container of (work) : Musidora, le dixième muse (Motion picture) Container of (work) : Vampires (Motion picture : 1915). Yeux qui fascinent. Container of (work) : Man Yuk (Motion picture)
Notes:
Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alex Descas, Bulle Ogier, Lou Castel, Arsinée Khanjian, Dominique Faysse, Bernard Nissile, Olivier Torrès. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Wide screen (1.66:1). 2K digital restoration approved by the director. Special features on disc 1: New interview with Assayas ; On the set of "Irma Vep," a behind-the-scenes featurette ; Interview from 2003 between Assayas and critic Charles Tesson ; Interview from 2003 with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard ; on disc 2: Musidora, le dixième muse = Musidora, the tenth muse (a 2013 documentary on the actor who originated the role of Irma Vep (68 min.)) ; Les vampires: les yeux qui fascinent = Vampires: hypnotic eyes (the sixth episode in Louis Feuillade's 1915 silent-film serial) ; Cinema in the present tense (a 2020 address on the state of cinema by Assayas) ; "Man Yuk: a portrait of Maggie Cheung" 1997 short film by Assayas ; Black-and-white rushes for the film ; in pamphlet: Essay by critic Aliza Ma.
Contents:
[disc] 1. [Feature film and supplements] -- [disc ] 2. [Supplements].
Summary:
A Hong Kong action-movie star arrives in Paris to play the latex-clad lead in a remake of Louis Feuillade's classic silent crime serial Les vampires. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos clash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director drives himself to the brink to realize his vision.
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