French filmmaker René Vidal was once a renowned director, but most see his career on a quick downward slide based on his last several films. In Paris, he is just starting to film his latest movie, a remake of Les vampires (1915), and has hired Hong Kong based Chinese actress Maggie Cheung as the title lead, "Irma Vep" (an anagram for "vampire"), despite she knowing no French and she not being an obvious choice to most. Maggie has never worked with Vidal before and knows litt... (Full plot summary below)
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French filmmaker René Vidal was once a renowned director, but most see his career on a quick downward slide based on his last several films. In Paris, he is just starting to film his latest movie, a remake of Les vampires (1915), and has hired Hong Kong based Chinese actress Maggie Cheung as the title lead, "Irma Vep" (an anagram for "vampire"), despite she knowing no French and she not being an obvious choice to most. Maggie has never worked with Vidal before and knows little about his movies, but many of his primarily French crew are part of his regular stable. As such, Maggie may become isolated among the cast and crew, unless there are those who bring her into their English conversations, they who may have somewhat ulterior motives in doing so. There are also factions within the cast and crew, who, based on their history, have a poisoned sense of what is going on. With Vidal, he is dealing with some personal issues while he tries to regain his film making form. He may transfer his thoughts of Irma Vep to Maggie, who he hired because he too sees her as strong and sexy like the skin-tight latex clad Irma. And Maggie may take her research for the comic bookish character to an extreme.
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| MovieMartyr.comJeremy Heilman[It] seems to function as a cinematic state of affairs, examining the functions and motivations behind the movies we see. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeA movie-movie that's very up-to-the-minute, is one of the year's best films. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonWe just love to make movies about movies to deconstruct them, to see what's behind them. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAs effortless as a shrug and boasts a film buff's dream cast. |
| Slant MagazineFernando F. CroceThe post-modern compulsions on display here may bring movies together, but they also keep people apart. |
| Film.comJohn HartlAssayas demonstrates an assured light touch here, drawing expert comic performances from Cheung, Richard and Ogier while using a 16mm hand-held camera to lend the film a live, experimental quality. |
| Houston ChronicleJeff MillarMovies about making movies are never quite as interesting as the people who make them think they're going to be. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinIrma Vep's director, Olivier Assayas, evinces a love of the process that's nearly as palpable as Truffaut's. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyLight, playful, and self-reflexive, Assayas' film is a mi or work but it's enjoyable and boasts a graceful performance from Maggie Cheung. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.A sometimes scathing, sometimes goodnatured satire of the French film industry. |
