Part of the Desert walking scene in ElectromaAnyway, the point is, in 2006 Daft Punk made a film - Electroma. I only found out it existed a few days ago and watched it for the first time last night... I have very mixed feelings. The cinematography was incredible: beautiful landscapes, nifty camera angles and throughout a kind of elegance that was quite "calming" as my housemate described it. Ironically - nothing like a Daft Punk set then.
Yet the pace was slow slow slow. Very slow. This is not an accessible film, its about as experimental as you can get. There is no diaglogue at all and the plot seems to stumble between moderate comedy to well no plot really for a while whilst the two main characters take a good half or so walk through the desert.
So in essence, it was a hugely paradoxical experience. Partly I was full of appreciation for the camera work, the fantastic scenery and some great songs (no Daft Punk though), but it was far too slow-paced. No-one wants to sit and watch two robots walking for half an hour. Thats the kind of thing you project on a wall in a bar and people go "Oh how cool is that", then have a drink, talk with friends then look back and say "Ha they're still going. Crazy robots".
I'll be interested to see Interstella 5555, a film which Daft Punk wrote the script for and provided the soundtrack in the form of their album Discovery.
Anyway, I need to share this scene with you from Electroma because its just beautiful (have an open mind!):
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