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Roman Coppola (written by)
Release Date:
29 January 2003 (France)
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A story of a young film maker who moves to Paris to make Sci-fi films. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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Interesting premise butchered by an amateur
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeremy Davies | ... | Paul | |
| Angela Lindvall | ... | Dragonfly / Valentine | |
| Élodie Bouchez | ... | Marlene | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Andrezej | |
| Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Enzo | |
| Massimo Ghini | ... | Fabrizio | |
| Jason Schwartzman | ... | Felix DeMarco | |
| Billy Zane | ... | Mr. E | |
| John Phillip Law | ... | Chairman | |
| Silvio Muccino | ... | Pippo | |
| Dean Stockwell | ... | Dr. Ballard | |
| Natalia Vodianova | ... | Brigit | |
| Bernard Verley | ... | Trailer Voiceover Actor | |
| L.M. Kit Carson | ... | Fantasy Critic | |
| Chris Bearne | ... | Fantasy Critic |
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CQ (France)
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Rated R for some nudity and language.
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88 min | France:91 min (Cannes Film Festival)
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Every time Enzo says how many movies he's produced, the number shrinks.
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Revealing mistakes: When Dragonfly swerves her car in reverse in the tunnel, there are skid marks already on the ground along the path her tires take.
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Senza Mamma
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Watching the trailer for this movie, I couldn't help but feel excited.
Look at all the swank 60's spy movie references!
Well ... this wasn't the movie I'd hoped for. I believe that "CQ" is Roman Coppola's (son of famous Francis Ford Coppola) first feature-length movie. And I suppose that all first-time directors flail and hick-up in their first (hell, even second and third) films.
But Coppola very blatantly tries to conceal all his director and writer disabilities by shrouding the film with 60's pop-culture trivia ... something that I'm sure his "hipster" handbook directed him to do.
The premise involves an American attempting to edit a ridiculously avant-gard sci-fi/spy Modesty Blaise-esque movie in Paris ... while in his personal time he whines and moans about how he isn't adept enough to sustain a meaningful relationship ... all this through the eyes of a camera. And whilst he records his day-to-day life on film ... he neglects his stunning french girlfriend.
So ... our young American in Paris ends up taking the reigns of the spy movie and plenty of hijinx ensue.
It isn't hard to predict how the movie will end. And if you wait around long enough and can somehow see past Coppola's bloated, pretentious and pedestrian writing and direction ... then you'll have earned a shining ticket to complain about how great this movie COULD have been.
And people wonder why nobody remembers (or wants to remember) this movie. Chalk it all up to the futile attempts of a son of a great director to become more than his father.
Remember ... even old Francis Ford had to LEARN filmmaking. Anyone ever see "Dementia 13?" It wasn't a HORRIBLE movie ... but then again ... it wasn't "Apocalypse Now," either.
Roman's sister, Sophia Coppola has done so interesting work. If anyone inherited Francis Ford's filmmaking genes ... my guess is that it's her. "The Virgin Suicides" is a really excellent movie. "Lost in Translation" wasn't bad either.
So ... Roman ... keep on making those music videos. Your video for "The Strokes" was painfully dull ... but it was a little easier for me to switch channels.