In fact, watching Irma Vep , my thoughts kept drifting to Luc Besson's shambolic, would-be epic, which represents the real dead end of French cinema.
They saw it as a rebirth of the American cinema. 
mnli hypothesis: They saw it as a rebirth of the American cinema.  premise: In fact, watching Irma Vep , my thoughts kept drifting to Luc Besson's shambolic, would-be epic, which represents the real dead end of French cinema.