{"product_id":"aba-blu-irma_v003-71551","title":"Irma Vep (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlivier Assayas’s live-wire international breakthrough 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 lead in a remake of Louis Feuillade’s classic silent crime serial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes vampires.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrma Vep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a witty critique of the nineties French film industry and the perennial tension between art and commercial entertainment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K digital restoration, approved by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Assayas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOn the Set of “Irma Vep,”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea behind-the-scenes featurette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2003 with Assayas and critic Charles Tesson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2003 with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMusidora, the Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013), a documentary on the actor who originated the role of Irma Vep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLes vampires: Hypnotic Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1916), the sixth episode in Louis Feuillade’s silent-film serial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCinema in the Present Tense,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea June 2020 address on the state of cinema by Assayas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMan Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea 1997 short film by Assayas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack-and-white rushes for the film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Aliza Ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Jillian Adel\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41280938541256,"sku":"CC3244BD","price":54.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/irmavep.jpg?v=1641761717","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/aba-blu-irma_v003-71551","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}