Enjoying the 2022 Irma Vep quite a bit (altho Alicia Vikander is so far annoyingly lacking... I don't know... oomph? Maybe that's intentional).
But I think part of the reason I'm liking it is that I've recently watched both the 1996 film (with Maggie Cheung) and also the original 1916 serial Les Vampires. Definitely brings a lot of context to the series.
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@rothko can't tell if that's a good "hrm" or a bad "hrm" 😆
Same director, Olivier Assayes. Is tied in with the '96 film as well. Makes me wonder if he's going to revisit it AGAIN in another couple of decades...
@rothko well, I guess now that I think about it it's really not so much a remake as a sequel. Even though it's *sort of* the same story again.
There's lots of self-referential layers going on.
The new series is okay, not great.
(and hey, I'm with you on remakes... I'll more often than not choose to watch something from the last century instead of something new)
Denis 🌏
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