1074 Irma Vep

[dekadetia]

Just watched and really enjoyed this, and wanted to note that the ending of the film's audio reworks/samples music by Nine Inch Nails, specifically from the Fixed EP; there's no mention of this in the end credits nor anywhere else on the internet as far as I can tell.

[Matt]

This Gary comment makes me wonder -- I wonder what the original Irma Vep's catsuit would have been made of?

According to film scholar Monica Dall’Asta, it’s essentially a full-body silk stocking. I would have thought it would be a fine woolen knit, like a swimsuit of the time, as silk would be awfully sheer. But in certain shots and stills, you can see a whole lot of Musidora.

[Michael Kerpan]

But in certain shots and stills, you can see a whole lot of Musidora.

That was my impression as well. Silk would make sense then.

[barbarella satyricon]

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[nitin]

I wonder if Chris can chime in on the Arrow encode vs the Criterion encode since he mentioned having seen both discs? Arrow's encode is by Premier (not their usual encoding house) and, as barbarella satyricon mentions, it gets super wonky at times. I would say for about 10% of the film it was very noticeable to me (and I am not a huge nitpicker of compression in motion).

[cdnchris]

I sampled a couple of scenes from both on my TV and couldn't detect too big a difference between the two, but if there were scenes that stood out to you on the Arrow disc let me know. I can't do a full on compare on my computer at the moment as I'm taking this week to do a room renovation (learning it's harder to do that kind of stuff as you get older), and it's taking my time right now, along with a couple other things.

[Elizabeth Corday]

I wanted to ask about this. I accidentally saw clip of the **finished product footage** with the squiggly line coming from Maggie's eyes and stuff. It confused me and kinda hurt my brain a bit. (Fwiw I do not mind spoilers) I'm just wondering if the whole film is like that? I know its new wave and about a very hectic crazy film production of a remake of a silent film. Worth a watch?

[senseabove]

I wanted to ask about this. I accidentally saw clip of the **finished product footage** with the squiggly line coming from Maggie's eyes and stuff. It confused me and kinda hurt my brain a bit. (Fwiw I do not mind spoilers) I'm just wondering if the whole film is like that? I know its new wave and about a very hectic crazy film production of a remake of a silent film. Worth a watch?

Yes, it's definitely worth a watch, and no, very little of the film is like that.

[Elizabeth Corday]

Finally watched! I loved it and I'm looking forward to the second disc.

I am curious about Maggie Cheung though. She seems to have vanished...is she doing well? I fear she may have gone the way of Shelley Duvall and Setsuko Hara being reclusive or unwell. I know she and Olivier divorced but I wonder if she is still in touch with him and with people like Kwan, Leung, Lin, Wai, Kaneshiro, Yeoh, etc. I saw a clip of her in 2014 in some sort of music performance but judging by the comments apparently she got attacked on social media in China and there are rumors she is a drug addict...which I hope is not true.

[andyli]

Finally watched! I loved it and I'm looking forward to the second disc.

I am curious about Maggie Cheung though. She seems to have vanished...is she doing well? I fear she may have gone the way of Shelley Duvall and Setsuko Hara being reclusive or unwell. I know she and Olivier divorced but I wonder if she is still in touch with him and with people like Kwan, Leung, Lin, Wai, Kaneshiro, Yeoh, etc. I saw a clip of her in 2014 in some sort of music performance but judging by the comments apparently she got attacked on social media in China and there are rumors she is a drug addict...which I hope is not true.

She's doing well. Just appeared in a Gucci event a few days ago. Looked rather relaxed, enjoying herself.

Also heard of an interview with Assayas talking about inviting her out of retirement for a new production but was declined. Can't find the source now. Must be one of those promotional interviews for the Irma Vep TV remake.

EDIT: Found the link to the Vanity Fair article. Turns out that new production is the Irma Vep TV series itself.

[afilmcionado]

Finally watched! I loved it and I'm looking forward to the second disc.

I am curious about Maggie Cheung though. She seems to have vanished...is she doing well? I fear she may have gone the way of Shelley Duvall and Setsuko Hara being reclusive or unwell. I know she and Olivier divorced but I wonder if she is still in touch with him and with people like Kwan, Leung, Lin, Wai, Kaneshiro, Yeoh, etc. I saw a clip of her in 2014 in some sort of music performance but judging by the comments apparently she got attacked on social media in China and there are rumors she is a drug addict...which I hope is not true.

She's doing well. Just appeared in a Gucci event a few days ago. Looked rather relaxed, enjoying herself.

Also heard of an interview with Assayas talking about inviting her out of retirement for a new production but was declined. Can't find the source now. Must be one of those promotional interviews for the Irma Vep TV remake.

EDIT: Found the link to the Vanity Fair article. Turns out that new production is the Irma Vep TV series itself.

I’ll add that in @andyli’s link, you can see Cheung smiling with HK film stars Nicholas Tse, Karena Lam, and Aaron Kwok in that (staged) photo. So at least she appears friendly with them. But in the Vanity Fair interview, Olivier Assayas said she is so reclusive (or maybe just cut off from him) that he could not find her through the right email at first. The Gucci event was Cheung’s first public appearance in years.

[Elizabeth Corday]

I was worried she was not doing well.
But she looks so happy! People are attacking her weight though.

But she looks so good and happy. I wonder if she's just taking a break for now and DJ'ing. I imagine she knows that people revere her (and more people are discovering her work with Wong Kar Wai especially now that people who didn't know Tony Leung now know him from Shang Chi).

It would be so interesting to see her appear in a new film, even if it ends up being something from Hollywood.