Every once in a while a film comes along that not only captures a time period perfectly but it captures the essence of a life that might have lived during that time. Director Roman Coppola captured perfectly the life of Paul, a filmmaker living in 1969 Paris.

Paul (Jeremy Davies) is a filmmaker working as a cinematographer and editor on a super-spy film, and in his spare time is working on his own film, in which he captures moments from his everyday life hoping to make something real. Paul lives with his girlfriend Marlene, but is infatuated with Valentine (Angela Lindvall) the actress playing Dragonfly in the film his working on. After the studio fires the film’s director Andrezej (Gerard Depardieu), the studio hires arrogant moron director Felix DeMarco (Jason Schwartzman) in an attempt to find an ending for the film, but it’s not long before Felix is off the film as well putting Paul in the director’s chair.

This film is beautiful. From the very first frame to the credit roll, the production design and wardrobe are nothing short of breathtaking. The character Dragonfly is similar to the ultra sexy “Barbarella” in many respects, but still has a personality all her own, plus Angela Lindvall is smoking hot.

My favorite part of the flick (besides the production design) is the movie within a movie, or to be more specific movies within a movie. There’s the movie about making the movie, the “Dragonfly” movie itself, and Paul’s autobiographical flick as well. And to put the icing on the cake the special features offer the chance to watch both Paul and Andrezej’s version of “Dragonfly” apart from the movie “CQ.” I watched this flick three times before returning it to Netflix, it’s that good, so pick it up because “CQ” is definitely a killer film.