A young filmmaker decides to make a movie about his day-to-day activities in an attempt to understand himself and get his life back in order. A precursor to reality television and vlogs.
The difference between art and commerce, of course, is hardly clear or stable or even very substantial, and if Paul doesn't see this, you can't help but do so, as CQ references all kinds of previous history and art, from the aforementioned Barbarella to Danger: Diabolik to Jim McBride's brilliant deconstruction of vérité's essential pretentiousness and impossibility, David Holzman's Diary.