Irma Vep (2022)

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Before this, I had watched four films by French director Olivier Assayas – including the 1996 film Irma Vep – and hated them all. Why, oh why, then, did I sit down to watch his 8-episode HBO miniseries based on that film?

1. I am fond of the 1915 French serial Les Vampires, which serves as the intertext for Irma Vep (named for a famous character from that s…