When cinema is your life, cinema can hurt.
“Time doesn’t heal,” Tom Sturridge says about the scars that mark us in Olivier Assayas’ beguiling and fascinating new HBO limited-series version of “Irma Vep.” “Time just buries pain, but the wounds remain.” This eloquent twist on a platitude could perfectly encapsulate Assayas’ director’s statement.
Creating filmic art can be a vulnerable, agonizing endeavor; sometimes, the battles to make them and fulfill a creative vision produce traumas and ghosts that can haunt for years.Continue reading ‘Irma Vep’ Review: Olivier Assayas Reckons With The Ghosts Of His Filmmaking Past In New Meta Series [Cannes] at The Playlist.
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