Question 1

Which film festivals screened Irma Vep in 1996?

Accepted Answer

The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival in 1996.

Question 2

What inspired Olivier Assayas more than Truffaut's Day for Night when making Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

Assayas credits Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) as a greater inspiration than Truffaut's film, which he considered more about the fantasy of filmmaking.

Question 3

How quickly did Olivier Assayas write the screenplay for Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

Olivier Assayas wrote the screenplay in just nine days.

Question 4

What is the premise of Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

Hong Kong action star Maggie Cheung goes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires, leaving her adrift in the film industry's insanity.

Question 5

Which actress plays herself in Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalized version of herself named Maggie Cheung in the film.

Question 6

Which classic silent film is being remade in Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

The film centers on a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires, with Maggie Cheung cast in the lead role.

Question 7

Which festivals screened Irma Vep in 1996?

Accepted Answer

Irma Vep was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival in 1996.

Question 8

How quickly did Olivier Assayas write the screenplay for Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

Olivier Assayas wrote the screenplay in just nine days.

Question 9

What inspired the idea for Irma Vep?

Accepted Answer

The idea was born from an attempted collaboration among Olivier Assayas, Claire Denis, and Atom Egoyan to experiment with the situation of a foreigner in Paris.

Question 10

Which film does Irma Vep owe a large thematic debt to, according to IMDb trivia?

Accepted Answer

Much of Irma Vep depicts set-related incidents that echo scenes in François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973), to which it owes a large thematic debt.

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