Irma Vep (1996)

Irma Vep: Directed by Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler. A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of “Les Vampires

“Pretty much average. Except for Maggie. The movie tries to tell us of the pretensions that the French movies have but falls its self prey to the illness that the script attributes to French cinema: boringness and a desire to intellectualism. I donu0026#39;t think the movie really achieves in making its point. If anything, it doesnu0026#39;t have the wide appeal that it says French movies should have. On the other hand, the movie isnu0026#39;t all that bad. In fact, Maggie looks absolutely fabulous, having a natural look that she doesnu0026#39;t have in HK movies, and she seems to revel in the very realistic banter that goes on between her costume designer and herself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enDid I mention that Maggie looks fabulous?”