Electroma (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Thomas Bangalter
Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo

Escritores:

Thomas Bangalter (written by) &
Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo (written by) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 marzo 2007 (France)

Género:

Drama | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

It's a Daft Punk vision...

Plot:

Follows the history of two robots, the members of Daft Punk, on their quest to become human.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Desert | Highway | Silence | Fire

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Daft is deft

Reparto

Peter Hurteau	...	Hero Robot #1
Michael Reich	...	Hero Robot #2
Helena Stoddard	...	Woman
Vance Hartwell	...	White Room Technician # 1
Lilo Tauvau	...	White Room Technician #2 (as Lilo Tauvao)
Ken Banks	...	White Room Technician #3
Howie Adams	...	White Room Technician #4
Ritche Lago Bautista	...	Robot Groomsman (Town Cast) (as Ritchie L. Bautista)
Amir Bokhari	...	Town Cast
Alina	...	Town Cast (as Alina Bolsakova)
Jordan Bonson	...	Town Cast
Bradley Schneider	...	Robot Lawyer (Town Cast) (credit only)
Joshua Calhaun	...	Town Cast
Bradley Davis	...	Town Cast
Alan Deane	...	Town Cast

También conocida como:

Daft Punk's Electroma (International: English title)
Daft Punk: Electroma (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Duración:

USA:74 min | Argentina:94 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

País:

France | USA

Idioma:

None

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Australia:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Barstow, California, USA

Compañía:

Daft Arts

Trivialidades:

The car the two heroes drive is a 1987 Ferrari 412.

Banda de Sonido:

String Quartet in E Flat Major Op. 64, No. 6

Daft is deft

If you're a fan of Daft Punk you aren't automatically going to like this movie. And if you're not a fan of Daft Punk you aren't automatically going to dislike it. No music by Daft Punk. No dialog or flashing helmet text. Ambient sound. And Curtis Mayfield.

Electroma plays like a festival art film, yet it's more accessible to the audience than the "Cremaster" movies and more thoughtful and varied than "Zidane". In essence, the movie comprises five set pieces. It opens with a drive through the desert, then a town. The second set involves becoming human. They then re-enter the robot world in a Frankenstein-esquire reversal, playing off of Icarus. The fourth part brings the sad realization of returning to robotic roots. Fifth, they walk through a desert, which comprises the longest part of the film.

I recommend it for the art-house/festival crowd. No dialog, an atypical plot-line, and lengthy sweeping pans will certainly turn away some fans. It is pretentious to a degree, I won't deny it, but compared to Cremaster (an unfair comparison, yes, but it's the most widely seen), Electroma doesn't require pre-emptive knowledge for the deciphering of the symbols, which tells you what you're watching. You can absorb it without extreme cerebral input.

It's slow. Like Tarkovsky or Herzog. Don't expect hyperactive techno robots.

You'll be hard-pressed to find this film, as Daft Punk does not intend to ever release this film on DVD. See it at a festival or snag a bootleg. It's worth the time.