CQ

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Bahad j @RT27093708 Jul 7, 2024 I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life. See more Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 Jun 26, 2023 Stylish and interesting at first, but it only carries things so far. Why this was in the sci-fi section, I have no idea... ONDEMAND's categorizations are kind of a mess. See more jon c May 24, 2022 Jeremie Davies, Giancarlo Gianinni, Jason Schwartzman, Angela Lindvall, Billy Zane, and Gerard Depardieu It's the year 1969 and a passionate filmmaker is making a movie about the future His actress is the Jane Fonda of Hollywood playing a secret agent named Dragonfly But he faces trouble getting it off the ground Shot in 1.33 full frame format and in black and white director Roman Coppola amazingly captures the 1960s aesthetic of moviemaking He has an authenticity from the costumes to the music to the dust spots to the effects to the sex appeal as well as the free love vibe of the era Paul however gets lost on the line between his fantasy life and reality becomes blurred, and he too finds himself seduced by the charms of Dragonfly Can he make the most of his documentary being truly honest or fall prey to this actress' charms? After all he still needs to work on the ending to the film I definitely got a lot of Barbarella vibes off this which adds to its likability Coppola you can tell loves this 1960s aesthetic style as he gets a lot of techniques working to his advantage This filmmaker wants to get across how he feels to the audience but it is a tough road This serves as a great homage to the old campy flicks of the decade as well as observational and satirical skills See more Feb 7, 2021 There's no doubt that director, Roman Coppola, knows how to shoot. The look and feel - and the music - was good. But the point of a film is to tell a story. And if your film is going to be about a bland editor/director (Jeremy Davies) who has nothing to say... then, you've basically got a 89-minute insider's joke. And for me, that was a waste of time. [I don't know if Jeremy was directed to be lifeless and boring -- or if that's his acting style - but having him on screen was like watching paint dry.] There's nothing new or insightful in this story. It's trying to be something like "Contempt" meets "Barbarella" but does little to make the story engaging or memorable. In the end, it's derivative trash that probably would have never been made without the support of Papa, Francis. See more Jul 3, 2020 Absolute perfection--Lindvall and Coppola. Go watch this movie now, do not pass go for $200--go directly to viewing... See more May 25, 2018 CQ is a brilliant story about a young man who is working on a 60s sci-fi movie, and also a personal autobiographical film at the same time. There are strange parallels between the two and occasionally real life crosses over into the sci-fi world and vice versa. Ordinarily I would balk at this kind of surreal intermingling of reality and fiction, but I thought it worked so well in CQ. It has been days since I watched this movie and I cannot get it out of my head. It does an amazing job of building drama as the film progresses, better than any other movie I’ve seen that is about making movies. There’s this mystery set up where we are left to wonder how the film within the film will end, and I was holding my breath waiting for that reveal to see what the protagonist would do. Jeremy Davies does some amazing work in the movie as this young director who can’t seem to balance all the things he is trying to accomplish. But the film comes alive because of Angela Lindvall. She is gorgeous, charming, and captures the feeling of an actress in an old B-movie. I was so delighted by CQ that I found myself wishing that Codename: Dragonfly was a real movie they made so I could watch what came out of the events in this film. There are some puzzling elements in CQ, because of the way they intertwine one story with another, but I think it all works when you just focus in on the themes and let go of the need to explain everything (which is a weird thing for me to say, but the magic of this movie is that it allowed me to let go and just enjoy the magic of it all.) I definitely recommend CQ as a unique take on the things that happen in the making of a movie. See more Read all reviews

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