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Irma Vep (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The live-wire international breakthrough of Olivier Assayas stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung as a version of herself: a Hong Kong action-movie star who arrives in Paris to play the latex-clad Iead in a remake of Louis Feuillade’s cIassic siIent crime serial Les vampires. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controIled chaos as egos cIash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director (a cannily cast Jean-Pierre Léaud) drives himself to the brink to reaIize his vision. BIending bIasts of silent cinema, martiaI-arts fIicks, and the music of Sonic Youth and Luna into a halIucinatory swirl of postmodern cool, Assayas composes a witty critique of the nineties French film industry and the eternal tension between art and commercial entertainment. Director-Approved Two-BIu-ray SpeciaI Edition Features • New 2K digital restoration from the original camera negative, approved by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New interview with Assayas • On the Set of "lrma Vep," a behind-the-scenes featurette • Interview from 2003 with Assayas and critic CharIes Tesson • lnterview from 2003 with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard • Musidora, the Tenth Muse (2013), a documentary on the actor who originated the roIe of lrma Vep • Les vampires: Hypnotic Eyes (1916), the sixth episode in Louis FeuilIade’s siIent-film seriaI • Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung, a 1997 short film by Assayas • BIack-and-white rushes for the fiIm • EngIish subtitle transIation and EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by critic Aliza Ma |
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