Irma Vep and the Magic of Celebrity

by Charles MudedeHong Kong vampire in Paris... Charles Mudede
One of the leading themes in the films of the French director Olivier Assayas is celebrity: being close to it, living with it, seeing it in ordinary situations. His last film, Personal Shopper, has a real Hollywood star (Kristen Stewart) playing a personal shopper for a European movie star. His film before that, The Clouds of Sils Maria, has the same Stewart playing a personal assistant to Juliette Binoche (a real European movie star