Fundamentally the title "1996 Film Predecessor of 2022 Series" becomes sensical if the viewer has after the fact of release actually watched the 2022 HBO Series.
Obviously this review should focus on the 1996 Film, but sticking with the meta theme it seems acceptable to declare it a mashup of disjointed cinema franchise thoughts that were somewhat understandable and enjoyable, as a stand alone film.
This film having a main character Irma Vep demonstrating limited spiritual-like qualities as the namesake of the film, really in hindsight hands off an unbaked concept to the later series' main character Irma Vep 26 years later, allowing the 2022 character and ensemble to deliver a robust and entertaining show, with the limited main-character similarity of only brown eyes.
The 2022 show depicts where the concept and ideas of the 1996 show were intended to be brought into fruition, but constrained by a limited budget.
This 1996 show brings to light the mystically enchanted fantasy of story telling with a French cinema flavor, based upon the roaring 20's beginning of the Vampires genre. The principals of a show's ensemble, talent and crew, their roles and responsibilities are flushed out and presented to the audience, providing real life trials and tribulations shrouded in an underlying mystery.
Obviously this review should focus on the 1996 Film, but sticking with the meta theme it seems acceptable to declare it a mashup of disjointed cinema franchise thoughts that were somewhat understandable and enjoyable, as a stand alone film.
This film having a main character Irma Vep demonstrating limited spiritual-like qualities as the namesake of the film, really in hindsight hands off an unbaked concept to the later series' main character Irma Vep 26 years later, allowing the 2022 character and ensemble to deliver a robust and entertaining show, with the limited main-character similarity of only brown eyes.
The 2022 show depicts where the concept and ideas of the 1996 show were intended to be brought into fruition, but constrained by a limited budget.
This 1996 show brings to light the mystically enchanted fantasy of story telling with a French cinema flavor, based upon the roaring 20's beginning of the Vampires genre. The principals of a show's ensemble, talent and crew, their roles and responsibilities are flushed out and presented to the audience, providing real life trials and tribulations shrouded in an underlying mystery.