Irma Vep | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

Irma Vep | Blu-ray (Criterion)

Irma Vep | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2021

On April 27, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Irma Vep, a 1996 film by French director Olivier Assayas (Paris, je t’aime) that stars Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung (as herself) and Jean-Pierre Léaud (The 400 Blows).

Read the official details below:

The live-wire international breakthrough of Olivier Assayas stars a magnetic Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) as a version of herself: a Hong Kong action-movie star who 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 (a cannily cast Jean-Pierre Léaud) drives himself to the brink to realize his vision. Blending blasts of silent cinema, martial-arts flicks, and the music of Sonic Youth and Luna into a hallucinatory swirl of postmodern cool, Assayas composes a witty critique of the nineties French film industry and the eternal tension between art and commercial entertainment.

Features and Specs:

  • NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM 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 “Irma Vep,” a behind-the-scenes featurette
  • Interview from 2003 with Assayas and critic Charles Tesson
  • Interview from 2003 with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard
  • Musidora, the Tenth Muse (2013), a documentary on the actor who originated the role of Irma Vep
  • Les vampires: Hypnotic Eyes (1916), the sixth episode in Louis Feuillade’s silent-film serial
  • Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung, a 1997 short film by Assayas
  • Black-and-white rushes for the film
  • English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Aliza Ma

Pre-order from Amazon.com today!



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