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The cult favorite starring Maggie Cheung in a new remastered special edition! Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (Ashes of Time Redux, In the Mood for Love) plays herself in Olivier Assayas’ spiky satire of the French film industry. After seeing her in Johnny To’s Heroic Trio, past-his-prime director René Vidal (New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud) impetuously casts Cheung as the lead in his remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. With freewheeling cinematography choreographed to the strains of Sonic Youth and Luna, Irma Vep immerses the viewer into the heady desperation and l’amour fou of modern moviemaking. Zeitgeist Films celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a sparkling new DVD release of this supercool comic gem. 247 CENTRE ST • 2ND FL • NEW YORK • NY 10013 • (212) 274-1989 • FAX (212) 274-1644 • www.zeitgeistvideo.com • [email protected] PRE-BOOK 11/4/08 STREET 12/9/08 ZEITGEIST VIDEO CAT NO. Z1109 • UPC 795975110938 • SRP $29.99 1997 • 96 minutes • France • Color • In English and French with English subtitles 1.66:1 original theatrical aspect ratio NOT RATED With optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Z Audio commentary: a discussion with director Olivier Assayas and critic Jean-Michel Frodon Z 16:9 Anamorphic transfer, available for the first time in North America Z 30 minutes of never-before- seen on-set footage, with an additional audio essay by Assayas and Frodon Z 20-page booklet with essays on Maggie Cheung and Les Vampires director Louis Feuillade by Assayas, and an appreciation by critic Kent Jones Z “Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung” (1997), a short film by Assayas Z Original French theatrical trailer “★★★★ MASTERPIECE!” –Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader “GRADE A! Every breathtaking frame celebrates what movies can do.” –Entertainment Weekly “One of the world’s great movie stars.” –John Powers, Vogue
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The cult favorite starring Maggie Cheungin a new remastered special edition!
Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (Ashes of TimeRedux, In the Mood for Love) plays herself in OlivierAssayas’ spiky satire of the French film industry. After seeingher in Johnny To’s Heroic Trio, past-his-prime director René Vidal (NewWave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud) impetuously casts Cheung as the lead inhis remake of the silent classic Les Vampires.
With freewheeling cinematography choreographed to the strains ofSonic Youth and Luna, Irma Vep immerses the viewer into the headydesperation and l’amour fou of modern moviemaking. Zeitgeist Filmscelebrates its 20th Anniversary with a sparkling new DVD release of thissupercool comic gem.
247 CENTRE ST • 2ND FL • NEW YORK • NY 10013 • (212) 274-1989 • FAX (212) 274-1644 • www.zeitgeistvideo.com • [email protected]
PRE-BOOK 11/4/08 STREET 12/9/08 ZEITGEIST VIDEO
CAT NO. Z1109 • UPC 795975110938 • SRP $29.991997 • 96 minutes • France • Color • In English and French with English subtitles1.66:1 original theatrical aspect ratio NOT RATED
With optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Z Audiocommentary: a discussion withdirector OlivierAssayas and criticJean-Michel Frodon
Z 16:9Anamorphictransfer, availablefor the first time inNorth America
Z 30 minutes of never-before-seen on-setfootage, with anadditional audio essayby Assayas and Frodon
Z 20-pagebooklet with essayson Maggie Cheung andLes Vampires directorLouis Feuillade byAssayas, and anappreciation by criticKent Jones
Z “Man Yuk: APortrait of MaggieCheung” (1997), ashort film byAssayas
ZOriginal French theatrical trailer
“HHHH MASTERPIECE!”–Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader
“GRADE A! Every breathtaking frame celebrates
what movies can do.” –Entertainment Weekly
“One of the world’s great movie stars.”
–John Powers, Vogue
247 CENTRE ST • 2ND FL • NEW YORK • NY 10013
FIRST-CLASS MAILU.S. POSTAGE
PAIDNEW YORK, NYPermit No. 8306
ZEITGEIST VIDEO
“A flash of cinematic brilliance!” –Thelma Adams,The New York Post
PRE-BOOK 11/4/08STREET12/9/08
Celebrate Zeitgeist Films’ 20th Anniversary
CAREFUL: Guy Maddin's “Mountain Film” cult classic in a new, remastered edition
“HHHH! Maggie Cheung, slinking around thecorridors of her hotel in her sheath of shiny blacklatex to the dissonant chords of Sonic Youth, is aninstant icon of everything cool.” –Ken Fox, TV Guide
“Wildly beautiful! Olivier Assayas recaptures theexuberance and wit of French Cinema.”
–David Denby, New York Magazine
GLITTERBOX: Four groundbreaking features (Caravaggio, Wittgenstein, The Angelic Conversation and Blue) by avant-garde maverick Derek Jarman in a new four-disc set CAT NO. Z1100 • UPC 7959751100387
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