It really is a miracle that any filmed piece of art ever gets made.
Widen out the scope and scale of a film or a series (or any any other time-dictated variation thereof) and the sheer number of people that have to work together to get a project from an idea to a reality only seems to get more staggering as time goes on.So it’s fitting that Olivier Assayas, in a fresh spin on his 1996 film “Irma-Vep-1996-movie-posters/”>Irma Vep,” uses a new version of a similar story to soak in all the disparate elements that have to come together in order for a project to exist.
Like its predecessor, this “Irma Vep” uses the entrance of its lead actress as a gateway to all the swirling interpersonal tensions that go into any kind of filmed story.
American actress Mira (Alicia Vikander), fresh off of a press tour for a massive blockbuster,
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