Explaining what exactly Olivier Assayas’ HBO series “Irma Vep” is is surprisingly complicated.
It’s been billed as a re-imagining, rather than a remake, of his 1996 film of the same name.
Assayas original film followed actress Maggie Cheung, who is cast in a remake of “Les Vampires,” an epic silent-era serial directed by Louis Feuillade, about a criminal gang who called themselves the vampires.
It’s perhaps easiest to describe the HBO series as an updated, expanded version of the ’96 film.
Both are nearly identical in concept, with Cheung being replaced by Alicia Vikander in this contemporary retelling.
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