Review of Electroma (2006) by Brandon W — 20 Nov 2007
In a nutshell: Daft Punk's unexpectedly art house directorial debut about two robots and their journey to become human.
Long periods of silence. No dialogue. Lots of panoramic shots of American desert landscape. Towns full of robots. And no music by Daft Punk.
After the 80s flavoured anime fest of Interstellar 555 (which accompanied their Discovery album) this comes as a complete shock.
This isn't for the faint hearted. Fans of fast paced action packed Hollywood films walk away now. This is art! Which makes it either inspired cinematic artistry, or overlong prententious nonsense. I can't really decide.
Some of it is beautiful, some of it pointless. A lot of it is overlong, (which is only excentuated by the lack of dialogue and sound in places.) Some of it is even surprisingly emotive, enhanced by the sporadic use of soundtrack (and a willfully timeless eclectic soundtrack at that).
This feels like a lost art house film from the 70s. Like Zabriskie Point.
You could probably edit it down to a 10 minute short but hey. Long stretches of silence in the desert are actually quite refreshing. Only scary thing is, I'm beginning to believe Daft Punk may actually be robots.
This review of Electroma (2006) was written by Brandon W on 20 Nov 2007.
Electroma has generally received positive reviews.
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