Irma Vep

This TV show (yes, it's a TV show) is very quirky, sexy and at moments hilarious. If you love Olivier Assayas, this is for you! His aesthetic flourishes! If you aren't a fan, it might be a bit of an odd series to get into. The craft here is absolutely phenomenal but in today's TV atmosphere it doesn't have anything to say besides stirring the conversation of whether long films exist, they don't. So personally, I'd pick less polished stuff like Dark Winds or Somebody Somewhere, why? Because they acknowledge they are TV shows and that they're about characters moving through the motions. This on the other did indeed feel like a film, where only certain characters get fleshed out, and although fun as it may be, it doesn't necessarily feel like it has something to say as its filmmaker might believe.

It is a slow burn but I think this is what I like about it. Very meta. Olivier Assayasa brings back a couple of his characters from his 1996 movie of the same title and continues to explore ego through the eyes of several personalities involved in film making. I'm really enjoying these characters and the situations they find themselves in. It feels like an updated version of and sequel to the movie where we have the time to get to know the characters and what makes them tick. Some very playful shots at obsession, commercialism, art versus exploitation in addition to learning much more about the original 1916 Les Vampires film that the series and '96 movie are based around. It is a series about filming a series and very fun ride.